Originally Posted by
eflayer
That is an older bike and definitely racy geometry. If you looked at new Trek Domane or Spec. Roubaix there'd be way more headtube and therefore the bars would be higher.
Good point. I'd like to see a side-shot of the bike after the handlebar / shift lever fit issue is fixed. It looks like the handlebars are considerably lower than the seat in the bike's current configuration, which might explain why the OP has the shift levers mounted so high up. Given that there are a ton of spacers under the stem and the stem has a very positive rise yet the bars still look lower than the seat, I'm wondering if the bike is just too small to begin with(?)