Finally, I replaced my Aerofly II. But I didn't go with Bontrager bar I originally interested.maxim809 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 8:36 pmAnother thing you can try is to lower the shifters down to the bar's limits. Sometimes this can create a groove between the shifter hoods and the bars which makes for a nice cup for your hands to sit in the breakaway position. This also stretches out the total effective reach by a few mm's since the upper tip of your shifters become part of the grippable real estate in that position you are after.
I chose Prime Primavera Aero handlebar in 36cm size.
On paper, the reach is 75cm, barely any longer than Aerofly II 38cm. But the actual shifter clamp area of drop hook is slightly further forward.
I also use your trick to mount the shifters lower than my usual position. I end up gaining about 15mm of extra space for my forearm.
Since 36cm bar is narrower than my shoulder, instead of lengthen the stem reach as I go down in bar size, I actually want to reduce the stem reach. When using hood, instead of arm extending forward only, it now have to bend in as well by a tiny amount. That was taken care off by raising the bar by a few mm.
This few mm taller bar with just a bit more space to rest my forearm makes me more happy with the aero hood position now.