Originally Posted by genejockey

You might try taking a picture of the whole bike, so we can see the whole cockpit better, and see what the real drop is.

Fit problems and numb hands can be counterintuitive. You get numb hands, you think, "I'm putting too much pressure on my hands. My bars must be too low", but it might be the opposite! I got a new bike a couple years ago, a Canyon, so I had to set it up myself. I set the saddle height and setback to match my other bikes, but the handlebar I left as it came, with all the spacers under the stem. I went out for the maiden voyage and my hands started going numb almost immediately, and the saddle was the most uncomfortable thing I'd ever had my ass on. I thought, "Oh, man! Did I just waste $2400?"

But I couldn't face the idea of having wasted so much money! So, I measured the other bikes carefully and confirmed that the Canyon's bar was actually an inch HIGHER than theirs. I moved 25mm of the spacers to ABOVE the stem, putting the bar at the same height as the other bikes. I also swapped the torture device for one I knew works for me, and ever since then, no matter how far I ride, my hands neither go numb nor hurt on that bike. So, it isn't always that the bar is too low.

Another thing about tilting the saddle. I have to run mine level. SLIGHT nose down and I feel like I'm being thrown onto the bars. SLIGHT nose up and I feel like I have to reach way out for them.