Originally Posted by
riverdrifter
... It is set up for a more upright riding position, which has been perfect around town. The stem is flipped to angle up, and my bars are somewhat angled up also, set up so that I ride mostly on the hoods. On the long, flat highway yesterday I wanted to be on the drops, and it was not comfortable, and the brakes were hard to reach.
One thing to try is to put the bars at a more conventional angle (like photo above), but raise them higher with a high rise stem.
