Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Looks like it pretty much is. Those olde bars had those downsloping ramps that put the hoods pretty low, and the stem was a bit lower on the old bike too.
Those olde bars were crazy. @
DougRNS, I think you’ll end up liking the compact bars, dropping your stem progressively, and getting more benefit from the drops. At least that’s been my experience adapting to modern bikes.