Quote Originally Posted by aicabsolut View Post
You can just bend them inward. You probably *should* loosen the screw, but with some brute force, you can just grab one and pull the hood inward.

Have you taken a tumble where your hoods got knocked out of whack? Maybe they didn't get realigned properly. Some people like them straighter than others. The hoods are generally designed to be pretty ergonomic when they're mounted straight, but brands differ as do people's hands.

I think that before you do that, you should try things like the bar rotation and saddle angle. If rotating the bars upward makes the position in the drops more awkward, you can instead move the hoods higher up on the bars and then keep a more downward rotation to get the drops right. You may want to get some help with that, and you'll have to remove and rewrap the bartape.
Nope, I have yet to eat it pavement. Thought I was going to several times the other night. My faith in skinny tires is not what it was in knobbies. Still keep amazing myself that I stay upright, but one day, I know. They are cheeseball Sora though, so I think you get what you pay for and super amazing ergonomics is not part of the deal. Guess they don't figure many Sora users dream of metric centuries.

The whole bar set up is straight out of the box from Specialized to the best of my knowledge. Bought it off a guy who upgraded a Dolce for his GF. I don't want to redo the wrap, but it would be an excuse to go with the pink tape.

Anyway, the fit guru at the LBS isn't available until the 29th so tonight will be adjust, pedal around the block a few times, adjust again...

I did get to see how my bike would look with the white Basil Blossoms though, so not a total loss.