[David]

^ that's a sweet ride! I'd stretch everyday until I could put a proper Madone stem on it.

I've lowered my stem in steps over the last year and gotten it several centimeters lower than I would have thought possible. I've had severe neck pain when riding for many years and breaking my neck mountain biking in 2018 didn't help. I still have neck pain but it's not as severe as it was a few years ago even with the lower bar position. Stretching my neck almost every day now helps too.