Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Jolt, it sounds like you need some short reach shifters or shims, as well as considering a short and shallow bar. Switching to a short and shallow bar made a world of difference for me. Several companies make them; I have the Specialized one on both of my bikes now. It's reasonably priced for the aluminum one.
I will probably stop by the LBS in the next few days to find out if there are shims for these particular levers or if they will need to be swapped out altogether (they are just plain brake levers, the bike has bar-end shifters). How would the short/shallow bars help with the issue of having trouble getting one's hands around the brake levers? It seems like it's more the levers themselves.