I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit trying to figure out these issues. Bar drop or rise is a very individual thing. I recently stopped riding drops because I need more stack height these days due to a neck issue. When I was riding drops, I had a lot of wrist and should discomfort if I had the bars above the saddle (as an aside I have short arms and an average torso). I also note that, for me, as the bars move higher, the more discomfort I have in the lower back and saddle pressure points. Anyway, I’m now riding a Gus with swept bars way above the saddle. It’s the only setup that works for me at this point.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM Jay <jason.bike...@gmail.com> wrote: > This isn't specific to a Rivendell bike, but I'm sure the conversation can > be applied to them, so hope you don't mind... > > In addition to my Roadini, I have a Salsa Fargo. I had it for a year > before I got the Roadini, the Roadini replaced my road bike (that is now > the dedicated bike on the smart trainer, which I ride as little as > possible!). > > I've had on-and-off upper body discomfort on the Fargo, and I think it's > due to the high stack height. I'm using a 55mm Redshift stem on the Fargo > right now, as low as it can go on the steerer tube (thin spacer below). I > have drop bars on it (same drops as on the Roadini). The hoods are nearly > 2cm higher than the saddle vs. the Roadini (Roadini around 1cm higher, > Fargo around 3cm higher). Roadini feels just perfect, Fargo feels like I'm > lifting my shoulders up to place my hands on the hoods. And my hands on > the hoods is not not comfortable. I've now tried two different brifters, > different positions on the bars, and the bars rotated down and up all to no > solution. > > Does anyone have their hoods 3cm+ higher than their saddle and if so, is > this comfortable for you? We're all different and I'm sure some like the > bars (hoods) much lower than the saddle, some level, some higher; but I see > a diminishing return with the hoods too high. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ab5a800f-1902-42b4-bea3-54c15e89ea1dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ab5a800f-1902-42b4-bea3-54c15e89ea1dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADA0aDfDU1HZbmRdtK%2B5q2ZVp3m%3DYvoW6P%3DRfGgDYLRVivRWpQ%40mail.gmail.com.
