anyone riding with a FSA compact handlebar?

[djgafi]

still waiting for mine... should have them mounted by tomorrow.
i rode last week and had to come down a long & steep
hill with my standard handlebars and i suffered all the way through.
Break leverages were too far away for my hands, and it was a real pain.

can't wait to try the new "pro wings"... will report back in a few days!

[VeloVT]

I'm slightly ADD right now and have only skimmed the posts so far, so forgive me if I repeat or say something otherwise stupid . I have FSA Wing Pro compacts on my roadie. I bought a 38 because I generally ride a 38 comfortably on standard, c-c measured bars. I *****love****** the shape of the drops, but apparently they're measure at the ends, not at the tops/hoods -- and there is a small out-flare, so the measurement at the hoods is narrower. I *like* them, but would have been happier with 40s, I think. The ergonomic shape of the tops feels quite good in your hands, although my bars are so narrow I don't use the tops much.

[wildeny]

FSA compact handlebars (Wing Pro or Omega) are measured on the end of the drops, c-c. But their width on the top/hood are shorted by 2 cm.

My Fuji Finest RC (XS) comes with a 40 cm handlebar that is compact one but is measured on the top/hood => the width of ends c-c is 42 cm. That's a little too wide, I think, for a XS frame. Recently I ordered a FSA Omega 38cm, which should be fit for my shoulder according to an article on Bicycling.

Why don't the manufactures measure their handlebars in the same way?

[Miranda]

...which should be fit for my shoulder according to an article on Bicycling.

Why don't the manufactures measure their handlebars in the same way?

Wouldn't that be LOVELY if all the makers had a uniform standard? Would be too easy . Gheez. Thanks for that link. I wondered how they got the measurement calculation.

[Brandy]

I ride them on all of my bikes. I have the carbon ones on the R3 and the aluminum version on the other two bikes. They're all 40.

[mayanorange]

I adore my FSA compacts! So great. I ride the 40cm width- which, as everyone has been saying, is a 38ish at the hoods.

[djgafi]

first ride on my fsa wing pro, size 40 and i love it.
it felt totally natural to place the hands on to, and even if the tops are only 38 it was ok.

actually my overall position has improved in comfort, and i finally can get to the breaks easier when riding downhill

i was skeptical at first because i thought it was going to be too narrow for me, being the tops narrower than 40, but once i tried it i was ok. My shoulders are 40cm wide (center-to-center) so this explains why this size is perfect for me.

very happy!
;-)