Originally Posted by
cyclezen
Small incremental changes. It's almost assumed. But so many times (as recently happened in a similar 'position' post) some major, drastic change by the OP caused a full retreat because the change was 'worse'... The body doesn't like 'change'... at least change it's not had time to adapt to. Small, incremental changes.
Such good advice… yet I totally ignored that this weekend. Made three changes at once (longer stem, switch to bars with longer reach, switch to levers with more extension.)
So, a lotta change. I did two rides, and on the first one I thought “wow the hoods are a lot further forward and probably too much”. Today it was very windy and there were lots of times when the further reach was handy to get into a more aero position.
So, overall I think this is better for the various seated and standing positions. No discomfort, so this could work.
However, I think trying the new levers and longer stem with the shorter reach Nitto 115s I was using is probably worthwhile.
Just don’t do this at home. 😊
Otto