I've been riding bikes for a long time and because I'm fairly short I've been riding smaller bikes. I just recently bought a bike that was just 3 cm. larger than my last two bikes and already I'm feeling amazed at the difference. I thought my hand issues were my main problem with riding in the drops and now I can ride in the drops and my hands aren't an issue anymore. I'm pretty surprised that that small of an adjustment would make a difference in my comfort, Of course, I do have to say the new bike is carbon and the last two were aluminum so I know that's part of my new comfort too.

I guess I just feel a little foolish for waiting so long to make this change. It just came down to spending so extra money...who knew??