Originally Posted by
Quinn8it
THIS!
I've used everything from standard 40cm down to 33cm bars- including 35cm Scattos, 36cm Nitto 123 and 125, and Alpina 33cm bars.. the aero advantage of the narrow bars is negligible- especially at non-Elite speeds. As said above- you can see tons of people at the track rolling around on bikes that used to fit them before they switched to Scattos… but looking cool is fast right?
anyway- as usual, fit is king, and i happen to have narrow shoulders- deceptively so for a guy built like a fire plug. and the narrower bars allow a better pull alignment for sprints and starts..
Scattos have shorter reach and drop than normal bars. This means you have to use a longer reach stem that isn't angled as high. It's as simple as that.