drops/brakes

[SadieKate]

I see you already have ergo bumps on your current bars in the photo?....if so and you like the ergo shape, then the Pocos would be similar but shorter reach for you. (it still won't give you longer fingers to reach around the brake levers though, for that you'll need shimmed short reach brifters)

The Poco bars would shorten the cockpit (length from saddle to bar drop) but not shorten the reach from bar to brake lever???? So she would not have to lean as far forward to reach the bars, but still would have problems grasping the levers?

[divingbiker]

I tried the Salsa Pocos and I still had the reach problem. The ones I ended up with are like Zen's--Bontrager Fit VR.

[elk]

ah...excellent points you make....I don't need a shorter cockpit....I need longer fingers....I can ALMOST get them all around...

sooo..I need shims. Or should I get a new set of levers? Or try the shims first.


I'm SORRY if I'm being dense...I can't quite get a clear sense from the thread about my best option.


I know...I'll take a photo of MY hand!!!!

thanks Lisa she's my ride...wonder how ol'Sandra is liking her Aurora....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes the first (and best) thing to try is to see if they make shims for your current brifters! That would be a simple solution to the hand-grasping-the brakes issue.
Don't just take an LBS's word for it- see if you can contact Shimano and ask them if shims are available for your model shifters (I assume your brifters are Shimano?).
I thought you already knew that you had non-shimmable brifters....sorry, or I would have recommended this first before changing bars.

[elk]

here's where we are

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yikes i know that feeling well.

Nice clematis.

[dex]

Looking at those pictures, I think the first thing I'd try is repositioning the levers a little further down on the bar. That might buy you just enough distance to make you feel more comfortable getting a bit more of your fingers around the levers.