Originally Posted by
Poppit
Dolan are just about to release a 30cm version of their Alpina bars, not really shallow drop though.
Man, that's super narrow. If the reach isn't right, the elbows would be like sails out in the wind, right?
I don't understand why shallow drop bars are such an unusual thing to find...With so many pointing stems upward in the wind to compensate for deep drop, to bring hands up to a more aero position, it would be a natural to just go with a shallow drop and solve two aero problems at once. I just see things pushing wind and it looks like watts being wadded up and thrown out the window.
I'm not discounting the thought that designing/manufacturing a shallow drop bar which can withstand the same torque and stress without failing is no walk in the park.