LisaSH, your new handlebars

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I am not having sharp bad pain or numbness at all, so that is at least a good thing!

I think that is most excellent!!

Well Sandra, since you titled this whole thread about my new handlebars, I might as well post the pictures of them!
First is a pik of my old bars. These were my old 41cm Nitto Noodle drop bars:
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And here are my new 40cm Salsa Poco bars, taped up in cork tape but no shellac or finish on them yet:

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Oh, and in the first picture I have a 9cm stem, which was too long for me. Now you can see the 7cm stem in the new pix.
So, between the 2 cm of the stem swap and the +/- 2cm of the bar reach change, I have brought my hands back by about 4cm. My hands used to go numb a lot and I felt pretty unbalanced before, too much falling-forward weight. I feel substantially more comfortable now, and better balanced.

Another interesting comparison in the two time periods is you can first see my B17S saddle, which was shorter and set more forward. In the current photos you see my B68 (non-S) which is longer and has longer rails and is shoved back further to pull my center of gravity back further. I love where I can have my saddle now- it gives me much better balance overall, and more pedal power.