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Agreed. Slight downward tilt in the drops, neutral ramp from bar to hoods, can reach the brake levers while in the drops. Perfecto!
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@d_douglas the frame and fork are the Elephant nfe. Amazing bike. It's like magic.
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I am sure this was mentioned but you will need to adjust to you specifically.
I had bars and hoods positioned like a few mentions, flats in the same line with the top tube and hoods in align with those. But after less than 5 miles of riding my wrist would go numb. I ended up getting fitted and they adjusted my bars and hood position to something I would have never thought of and all my pain and numbness went away. I think starting at what people recommend is a good starting point but realize you might have to adjust. I know I wish I could ride with a more 'pro' position but I definitely not a pro and rather be comfortable |
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I’ll also add my professional opinion: everyone says bar shapes have changed, etc, but I have yet to see the bar and lever combination that isn’t best served by starting with the bottom of the levers in the same plane as the flattest, lowest part of the drops. Rotate as required from there, and it always works out. Anything and everything else just looks and feels goofy. I’m sure there’s some alt bars that would prove this rule wrong, and the multitude of gravel flares and stuff is surely included here, but I don’t see them on normal bikes. That’s my two cents, anyway. |
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I've got the same bars and lever position on all my bikes: deep "Merckx bend" drop, tip of the lever in line with the bottom of the bars and the bars slightly tilted. Is it "correct", I don't know but it works for me
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Here you go. No experience with the bars but generally it takes me a few different positions to get comfy on new bars.
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Which bar were you on previously? You change anything else? Try rotating the bars up ever so slightly?
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The portion of the bar leading out to the lever.
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Similar to how I have mine setup However there are people that do like em going up a bit for some reason, that would price me crazy both visually and my wrists. |
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I might actually rotate the bars down a tiny bit and pull the levers back up towards you. It will create a bit of a pocket and maybe that long reach and slight downhill to the hoods is what is giving you the crimp in your wrist?
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