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Knotted, I think you should open a bike shop that carries ONLY WSD bikes.
I wouldn't be able to shop there, either! (I can't ride WSD, they always feel cramped for my body proportions.)
Salsa's Poco and Short-n-Shallows come in 2 cm increments as far as width goes. I think 36/38/40/42/44. I'd have to look it up, and I'm too busy watching Utilikilt mock-u-mercials right now! www.salsacycles.com
"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
Here's the handlebar that I use. I can reach my brakes very comfortably but I also had to have the lbs adjust them for my hands and not theirs.
http://www.modolo.com/1_road_handlebars_temp.php?id=9
BTW, my middle finger measures 2.75" and I have had 1st graders with larger hands than mine.
This is quite interesting to me. You said you had Campy Record. I have heard that sometimes folks with small hands do well with Campy. How much of your good fit do you attribute to the LBS set up, the bars, and the Record?
Gads...I suppose I am just going to have to go out and get a full Record rig!
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
I went to Campy years ago because the hoods felt so much better to me than Shimano. However, I couldn't reach the brake leves from the drops. My handlebars were Deda 4girls, 38 cm. I had used the Terry bars with the cutout but still had problems.
Last year I built a new bike. My LBS wanted me to used Shimano sort reach levers and Poco bars. I just didn't feel comfortable with the Shimano hoods and wanted to stay with Campy. To make matters worse my shoulders measure 34cm. 36cm is usually the smallest they come.
Someone on another forum told me about the Modolo bars so I tried them out on my old bike first. They come in a 34cm and I loved them. From the curve in the bar I can wrap the first joint of my middle and index fingers around them. I have a lot more power braking and can stay in my drops on long downhills with little discomfort.
There is also the Eva bar, made by 3T, which has a similiar design in the curve of the bar. I couldn't use it because it doesn't come small enough for me.
The bar alone, size and design, did the trick for me. The shifters sit flat on the top of the bar.
Here's the thread from last year where I posted my review of the Venus bars and tried to compare them with the Deda 4girls.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...t=modolo+venus
Kathi, thanks!!
It might be that I just have to settle for "first-knuckle" braking, and do a bunch of hand exercises to get stronger with that.
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury