Rode an Orbea Diva w/ Campy Record Today

[VeloVT]

A slight annoyance with the Scott -- my XS bike came with 40cm Ritchey Biomax bars. I really like Ritchey Biomax bars -- I had put them on my old bike even. They are short-drop bars , and they have nice swept-back tops and the anatomic bend is reasonably comfortable.

But who puts 40cm bars on a bike that also specs 165mm cranks??? Obviously designed by a man! I switched out the cranks for 172.5s (but I don't hold the crank spec against them, it would probably be appropriate for a lot of people looking at an XS frame). But I really think, at least on the XS frame (on a WSD bike) they should have spec'd 38s. Come to think of it, I haven't checked to men's version -- I almost doubt they'd spec 42s on an XS men's bike though. I think my bf's 52 cm Madone came with 40s...

I can ride the 40s, so I'm not in a tear to replace them, but I likely will eventually. I've ridden 38s, 40s and 42s and 38s are definitely the most comfortable for me.

Off topic, Deda makes its lightweight Newton Bar in a 40 o-o (same as standard 38) size in the anatomic bend, but annoyingly they don't make it in that size in the bend style that looks super comfortable (the shallow traditional bend they call "Italian classic"). Since the president of Castelli noticed our complaints I'm hoping maybe the Deda people will notice too!!!!! Deda, please make the Italian Classic bend Newton bar in the 40 cm o-o size!!!!