Handlebar bag

[Desert Tortoise]

For those who use a bar bag on their road bikes, does it get in the way of your hand position? Can you still put your hands on the flat portion of the road bars?

thanks

[Crankin]

The bag did not affect my hand position on the road bike (and it was a tiny road bike).
Catrin, I find that I am aware of a loaded pannier when I start off, but I know it will feel different, so I guess I just do what I do and adapt my technique, because I haven't fallen over yet! My Jamis is so heavy and sturdy that it adapts well to the load. One time I went holiday shopping for my colleagues and after realizing I had to stash some hand made ceramic pieces in my pannier, I thought it might be hard to deal with. But, while it was slower going up the hills, I never felt like it was hard to do anything else. Of course, being 30 degrees out probably made the load feel worse...