Seasonal

One of my bikes has me reaching too far forward, and prolonged amounts of riding tends to put a lot of strain on my hands, I did get a shorter stem, but I am also looking for new drop bars. Does anyone here know of any street acceptable pista-esque bars? I am looking for something a little wider on the tops, and not that typical sharp slope, so I can ride on the tops if I want to. or any road bars that are comfy on the tops.

HillRider

My current favorites are FSA's Omega Compact bars. They have a relatively short reach and drop and are wide enough to easily allow a comfortable position on the tops. However, like many current designs, they have a 31.8 mm bar clamp diameter and may not match your new stem unless it does too.

Andrew R Stewart 

Often a problem of too much weight on the hands can be because your center isn't placed over the pedals and seat properly. In these cases shortening up the reach will only reduce your ability to breath deeply and reduce your ability to use the gluts. Andy.

Seasonal

good to know, thanks, i'll keep that in mind and make adjustments accordingly. I do know that it is a reach thing as well though, i have really short arms, and the pursuit bars i am using have downward angled tops that make it really hard to ride on, so i am constantly trying to scoot my hands up as they slide down because of that.

fietsbob

How short is shorter ? maybe you should consider a Road Bend rather than a Pista Bend .. instead?

there you have the compact Brifter accommodating short reach design..

You just track Racing? {expect not)

Seasonal

going from 110mm to a 60mm stem, and also i am fine with typical road drops, i just enjoy the aesthetics of pista drops, so i am up for any recommendations, I much prefer drops that don't look stubby like these. I'd rather have drops similar in design to this.

fietsbob

Suffer the consequences of your fashion preferences then .. HTFU.

Seasonal

like i said, i don't mind either way. i ride cx with traditional drops, i was just wondering if anyone knew of hybrid pista bars, if not then **** it, no big deal, i'll just get some regular drop bars, and i was just stating, i'd rather have a deeper drop on the bars because i am used to that, rather than a compact and shorter drop.

fietsbob

Cinelli had a round criterium bend in aluminum + the 64, 66 etc some got named for the famous guys that rode them .


The Steel Track bars are curved all the way from the center and Pretty narrow for elbow banging around the track .


and made pretty strong for the powerful riders sprinting the final Lap.



Horses for courses .. Hoy didn't get those Medals in the 10km pursuit events.

Seasonal

yea those criteriums looked pretty nice, unfortunately the clamp diameter isn't compatible with any of the stems i have (31.8), i wonder how well these would fare though.

fietsbob

https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...3&category=636

There are shims to use narrower center bars in those 1.25" diameter bar clamps . Universal Cycles -- Problem Solvers Bar to Stem Clamp Shims
look down the list.. 26.0mm to 31.8mm