Quote Originally Posted by sarahspins View Post
From looking at your pics it seems like they might have been mounted a little high - that would make it nearly impossible to reach from the drops. I know it took me ages to get mine where I felt they were "just right" - not too low for riding on the hoods, but low enough to be reachable in the drops.
My fitter wants to actually SEE my levers to make sure that they sent the right levers with my build - I told him that they say "R100" underneath the levers - but they do not say R100a (which is what they are supposed to be). That doesn't mean that they are incorrect levers.

Part of me thinks that because I am totally unaccustomed to road bars and the more aggressive position (Stella is a Trek 7.6 FX) that I may be putting far more weight on my wrists than I know and that could be part of the pain.

I can really only get 2 fingers on the brake levers, and only one of those fingers are past the first finger joint. Does that sound correct? Am I thinking something is a problem that isn't?

If I truly do have the most compact levers, then I will likely discuss inline brake levers with him that go on top of the bars. Sheldon Brown's site mentions these, http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/b...vers-drop.html. I am referring to the "Cross" or "Interrupter" brake levers found partially down the page.

For now I've decided not to worry about the drops - I suspect that it will be quite some time before I am ready to experiment riding in those... though I will check out the position of the brakes as you have suggested - it would be good to be able to reach the brakes WHENEVER I am ready to try the drops. Right now moving my hands to shift is kind of scary enough