Originally Posted by
79pmooney
Rolling the bars back is exactly what doesn't work for me. That cocks my wrist back. Guaranteed issues for me. If I want less weight on my hands, I have to raise the entire bar with spacers or a higher rise stem.
Exactly. I see so many road handlebars setup with the ramps parallel to the ground. Mine came like that from REI too. After I rolled the bars forwards so that the drops are more or less parallel with the slanted top tube of the bike, and move the hoods back and up toward the tops, the decreased reach was more comfortable and allowed me to flip the stem to lower my torso without getting all stretched out. For reference, I use the terms "ramps" and "drops" as shown here:
Drop Bar Hand Positions: an Introduction (lovelybike.blogspot.com)