Just noticed a dumb but confusing typo in my earlier post.

Quote Originally Posted by liza View Post
The issue you are having with handlebar reach is associated with the bend shape of the handlebar, not the reach (imagine a vertical line drawn perpendicular to the ground, from the bar top to somewhere at the end of the drop. Now bisect that line with a horizontal, perpendicular to the ground line that extends to the farthest point at the drop bend. The distance of this second line is the "reach" of your bar), or the drop (that's the length of the first line, actually).
Ok, that section in red should read "a horizontal, parallel-to-the-ground line." Oops.

Elk,
The Modolo bars have a nice shape, that does look like it could bring your levers closer. My only concern about them is that it looks like they have given you a fairly limited range of hood adjustability, if you want to take advantage of that nice curve. Modolo has a very specific place where you are "supposed" to put the hoods. The picture in earlier TE thread you referenced shows this -- notice her hoods are fairly low, at least compared to how a lot of people are running them now. If you are comfortable with your hoods on the low side, those bars should be fine. If you like to run your hoods a little higher, you might not get quite as much benefit from that bend (it might still be better than what you have though).

Something like this might give you more hood options while still bringing your levers closer:
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_ID=5255

Oversize, though... Why can't they just use one standard???!!!!!