Handle bars again

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I remember suggesting 3T Morphe bars then you claiming
yours were already like it, but the ones in the picture you posted were
not, actually.

I've been had then!

http://bikesite.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page1.html

DavidR said:

I've been had then!

http://bikesite.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page1.html

The ones in the previous pics did not look like them. Apologies if I was
mistaken.

If you're not comfortable with Morphes (after trying all the adjustments)
then you probably won't be comfortable with any drops.

~PB

"Pete Biggs" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

DavidR said:

I've been had then!

http://bikesite.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page1.html

The ones in the previous pics did not look like them. Apologies if I was
mistaken.

That's ok. Cameras don't adjust perspective like the eyes do.

Quoted message said:

If you're not comfortable with Morphes (after trying all the adjustments)
then you probably won't be comfortable with any drops.

If I am to use the drop position I have to take whatever else goes with it.
Depends on whether the glass is half full or half empty; I probably have a
better set up than some riders that don't moan.

In the original pictures I had a 120 stem. It is now a 90 with about
about 10mm less rise.

Unexpectedly, my hands have moved back from the hoods, rather than forwards,
though my body/arm position is now closer to that adopted on my flat barred
bike. The big benefit is that the main point of contact has moved to my
palms which has straightened the wrists slightly (though geometry dictates
that they can never be as straight as when on bar ends) and taken load
off the wrists and fingers.

A bit of a down side is that I find that gripping the hoods while climbing
out of the saddle to be slightly more cramped. Braking is pretty much
unchanged and so remains a contentious issue. It really comes down to the
layout making it difficult to avoid shifting the braking load from palms to
thumbs.