Looking for dropbars with 65-70mm reach and moderate 12-16 degs flare. Salsa Cowbell is the first one comes up, but hard to find other options that are not massively flared.
Nice thanks. This gave me a couple more options. I was referencing Whatbars.com which is also nice site bar comparison with visual silhouette stack up as well.
Tried out a million bars this year. The Soma Condor 2 has insanely short reach. Honorable mention to the PNW Coast bar. Almost all the rest felt pretty similar to each other for reach. As option B, the Microshift Advent X brifters have a markedly shorter reach than Shimano and SRAM, probably almost a good inch less than Shimano. Option C, this 35mm stem is great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076PB4JVG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've also been through way too many bars over the past year - all with short reach, 12-20 deg flare, and a low-ish drop. Went through the Ritcheys, Salsas, Zipp, and a couple more. Most were ok for awhile, but not great. The ones that I love and am sticking with are the Shimano Pro bike bars, medium flare, which is low - something like 12 degrees. The have flat tops which is super comfortable. Alloy is what I have. 65 bucks or so.
^^^ - thanks, I'm not looking for a riser drop bar, nor a shorter stem (currently running 90mm). I like my hand position on the tops, so a shorter stem, would just move me further back, but want to reduce my reach on the hoods/brifters just a tad.
Good call on the brifters. Not ready for an upgrade yet (expensive!), but look at the reach there would be interested compared to my current SRAM Apex1 brifters. I like how the GRX felt out of the box, but never tested them mounted or got their reach measurements.
In my experience, shimano shifters have a longer reach than sram. Depends on how you mount them on the bars too. For my shimano bikes I run 65-70mm reach bars. On sram equipped bikes I can run 75-80mm reach bars.
Good call on the (levers). Not ready for an upgrade yet (expensive!), but look at the reach there would be interested compared to my current SRAM Apex1 brifters. I like how the GRX felt out of the box, but never tested them mounted or got their reach measurements.
Advent X levers: $150 Advent X RD: $72 Cannot be used with other brands/models.
Jmbarber59 wrote:In my experience, shimano shifters have a longer reach than sram. Depends on how you mount them on the bars too. For my shimano bikes I run 65-70mm reach bars. On sram equipped bikes I can run 75-80mm reach bars.
I should have mentioned this is in relation to the hoods, not down in the drops.
I havent had the chance to test any GRX yet but will soon.
Pro Discover has a 65mm reach with 12 degrees of flare, and ergo/flat top sections. It's a nice bar that has a nice feel on the ends of the drops. I got a set of 44s to try but ended up sticking with my Eastons - so let me know if you want some 44s!
I have been using Easton AC70 carbon. These have 80mm of reach and 16 degrees of flare. Can I say I love them😄