Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
As it turned out the brake levers were the wrong ones, they were for a much larger bike and were NOT compact at all as they were supposed to be, and the bars that came with my bike were too wide for me - so both are being replaced I hope to bring him home this weekend and go try riding him again!
Beautiful bike, Catrin.

About the brake levers, my hands are small and on some of my bikes, I've felt uncomfortable applying the brakes. On my Specialized Ruby, the LBS put shims in the levers, which helped tremendously. However, that's not an option on some of my other bikes' levers. On my single speed Scattante, I had in-line brakes added, which was a good fix. If you're still having problems reaching the brakes properly, ask about shims.