Patrick - are you spec'ing a 31.8 clamp size because you're going to use the bars with possibly a threadless stem with a 4-bolt bar clamp? If so, it's too bad that you don't want an anatomic bar because the one fits all of your other criteria better than some of the other recommendations is the the Ritchey BioMax II. It has very flat ramps at the end of which the brake levers can be installed so as to allow a perfectly straight transition from the bar flats to the brake hoods. It also has a very shallow drop - just about everything you're looking for except the ergo bend.
I have eyeballed the recommended Highway One bars from time to time because they, too, are shorter reach and have flatter ramps and shallower drops, but I don't understand why the drops extend so far back toward the rider - seems excessive. I suppose one could cut these shorter to suit an individual preference... Anyway, here's a look at the Ritchey bars, FYI. They are ugly, I'll give you that, but I've never ridden a more comfortable road bar. https://www.northrimadventure.com/product/ritchey-bicycle-components-pro-biomax-ii-road-handlebar-os-1653.htm On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 4:06:34 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > Is there any bar that is not more than about 44 cm at hoods, has a regular > hook, gives more or less a regular hoods position, and that has a very > short reach? And a very shallow drop? I think of replacing the cut-down > Aherne MAP bar with something that gives me the ever comfortable hood > position but doesn't stretch me out much more than the Aherne bar. I > realize that I can buy a shorter stem too, but I want to know what the > shortest reach, etc., option/s is/are. > > Thanks. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6da6b4d3-815b-4367-bc58-506e28474dfen%40googlegroups.com.
