I think kevin has tried that but that brought the bars nearer to me not just higher and I lost the space between seat and bars, the problem is I'm overweight but was fine on my manual bike as I had the bars/stem changed so I sat quite upright, because this bike has more length between the seat and bars I have to lean more forward which means the weight is on my wrists and palms. I like the extra space and much lower stepthrough though, before this bike we did buy a much bigger upright electric one but I fell off it at Rutland mainly because it was just to heavy for me to hold up when I had to stop sharp ( a gate in front), I couldn't even lift the bike of me. This one is ideal weightwise as I can lift and move it, I hope I can find a solution