I rode on my own today 32 miles over lovely rolling hills and countryside.

This was my 3rd ride testing my new shorter reach handlebars, and the longest one so far.
So far I am very pleased.
The totally unexpected bonus of these bars showed up dramatically today in that my usual quite painful left elbow did not hurt!
Usually for the past 8 months, I get elbow soreness after 10 miles and it gets steadily worse with each 10 miles thereafter, til it hurts- a LOT -just to bend it. It's the only real pain I experience in my biking, and it happens on EVERY ride over 10 miles.
But today for the first time in many months, I felt some mild sore twinges after a few miles, then they went away, then came back a tiny bit, then just went away, kept doing this...by the end of my 32 miles my elbow wasn't really hurting much at all!
This huge sudden change can't be anything but the new bars. YAY!!!!!!!