Rule wrote: ↑Fri May 11, 2018 3:57 pm
Thanks, appreciate it. The top plane of the bars is actually as good as horizontal and in line with the top tube of the frame. (photo was taken from low viewpoint).
Yes... that's the problem. That bar is an ergonomic shape and you're trying to position it, relative to the top tube, like a modern compact bar shape. That bar shape is not designed to be rotated the way you have it.
Rule wrote: ↑Fri May 11, 2018 3:57 pm
The bottom section and top section of these bars are not parallel. If they were, i think the angle between the bottom and the backwards sloping part would become too acute to be comfortable. Ritchey logic. They are not my dream bars, but were easily and cheap to procure, and the Ritchey logos on the bar and the seatpost now match.
It sounds to me like you chose these bars based on the fact that the Ritchey logo matched, the price was right and they were within an acceptable weight range, without really giving though to the shape and how you prefer they fit. It's your bike and you can set it up however you like, but when I see a bike with bars set up like this, it makes me think that this person doesn't know how their bike should be put together. Loking at the rest of the build, its' clear that this isn't the case, which to me, is why these bars stick out so much. I think that when you actually get out and ride some decent distance with this set up, you'll find that there's not enough bar down at he bottom of the drop to feel comfortable and secure holding it. That is, assuming that you ride in the drops. I find that many people rarely do.
I see it now on the 1st picture.
