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Old 08-26-17, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
I've actually started to see "long and high" a bit more than long and low. Low and tight seemed to be the old order of the day. These days, longer is definitely in style - given that a lot of road bikes are set up to accommodate as much a hood position (longer than a drop position) as they are a drop position. Plus, with narrower bars, you can get even longer.
Good point.

I think that having the arms make an angled "ramp" for the air to travel over instead of a vertical "wall" butt against is an improvement.
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