Re: Handlebar with shallow drop for small hands - Ritchey Biomax Pro?

41 wrote:
Jan Lindstrom wrote:
Since I ride both from the drops and the hoods, I want a handlebar to
have as shallow of a drop as possible. The plane of the drops and that
of the tops should also have a smallest possible angle, i.e. if the
drops are level with the ground, the forward part towars the hoods
shouldn't have a big downward slope.

Sounds to me like you have your bars too low to begin with. Try raising
the stem so that the top of the bars is between level with the nose of
the saddle, and half an inch below. This way all of the handlebar is
usable, with a standard drop. You don't want the drop too shallow
because then your hands and forearms won't fit well into the bars, even
if your hands are small. And you want the variety in the positioning
that a reasonable (140mm) drop gives you.

140mm drop is shallow. The Salsa Poco has 140mm drop. The TTT Forma
and Priam 220 have 145mm drop. TTT Morphe has 143mm drop. All
standard drop bars have 150 and up. Too much to be usable unless you
are very tall.


I would be amazed if the standard Nitto B115, at the proper height,

I have a Nitto 115 handlebar on my touring bike. Wonderful bar with
very long 100mm reach and nice shallow 140mm drop. A very shallow drop
bar. Compare it to the 160mm drop on the Modolo bar on the Harris
website. I bought the Nitto 115 from Harris back in the late 1990s for
$20 or $25. Now its $30. Lot of inflation or currency decline in bike
parts.

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/handlebars.html#handlebarsdrop

would not suit your needs. I see you want a 25.8 (ttt standard?), and
Nittos are 25.4 or 26.0, but the latter may fit. In any case, if you
want to get your bars up to the proper height, you'll probably need a
new stem anyway.

<http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/handlebars.html>

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