clearcastle04 

Hi all,
I recently bought a hybrid to be my primary and bad-weather commuter but there are a couple changes I would like to make for comfort reasons. One thing I already did was change the handlebars from a straight bar (which had some rise) to a bullhorn style handlebar (no rise) because I wanted to have more hand positons. The consequence with that was that the handlebars got dropped about and inch and a half and I now feel a bit stretched out when riding. I was looking if there was any stem extenders like what I have pictured in one of the links below but they seem to only be available for 1 1/8 steerers and I need a 1.5. Another thing was looking for a stem with a steeper rise, but I'm not sure there is one more steep than the one I already have on the bike. I've included as link below to a picture of the bike as well (the picture is of the bike before I changed the handlebars). The handlebar clamp size is 25.4. Anyone know of any options I may have?

stem extender: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1435656...n/photostream/
bike: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14356569@N07/5640621775/

jimc101

The pictures are red X

Are you sure it's 1.5, as this is normally only seen on AM / DH bikes, and then with a 31.8 handlebar.

Make and model of the bike may help

BCRider

Is this a Cannondale Headshock equipped bike?

And yeah, your pics are just red X's.

clearcastle04 

I've corrected the pics now. Yes, you are right. It is a Cannondale Headshock. Am I wrong about the steerer width. I didn't actually measure it. I just knew it was bigger than 1 1/8 and 1.5 is a common width I've come accross in my research.

The bike is a Cannondale Adventure Silk 400 from 2002.

fietsbob

Mmm,... talked to the Cannondale dealer yet?

stretched..

I like trekking bars , a figure 8 sort of bend.

or you may try bars that are made for upright riding ,
the tubes with a distinct backwards facing grips bend.

25.4mm, aka 1" center clamp gives you an abundance of handle bar choices.

clearcastle04 

To answer my own question, I was right. The Cannondale headshok steerer is 1.5 inches.

fietsbob

been to a bike shop to see and hold, some of the handlebars they offer ?

gruppo

Have your LBS contact BTI. They have replacement stems in a variety of rises & reaches which fit your specs. I've them on occasion in my shop to solve such problems. Good luck...

clearcastle04 

Thanks for all the input so far.

I'm very aware of all the the handlebar choices. After I had deliberated for several weeks on what handlebar to try on the new bike, I went with a NOS Scott AT-3, the same one that Sheldon Brown explains about in this entry on his website: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/scott.html

I don't want to change the handlebar now as this bar is to my liking and suits me very well with the exception of this one issue with lowering the handlebar position from the original riser handlebar that came with the bike.

One thing I haven't seen is a riser handlebar that offers the hand positions I want. From my understanding, moustache style handlebars drop you to an even lower hand position and wouldn't accept the deore shifters and mtb brake levers I have on the bike already. Drop bars have no rise. Trekking bars were my other option which actually now (as I write) I'm thinking might make sense since they would bring the handlebars closer which achieves much the same thing as a higher handelbar. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that. (I do this often, talk/write through something and change my mind in the process ).

fietsbob

An intermediary between the stem and the bars, adds 50mm, I understand.
https://www.thorusa.com/dahon/technical/aberhallo.htm
You bolt it in between the stem and the bars.. rotates around the stem center

clearcastle04 

That's a crafty piece of work right there! Wheww, kinda pricy though.

So after making a couple changes and riding the bike a few more times with the scott at-3 bar I've decided my initial impression of being too stretched out due to a lower position that the previous bar might have been premature. I put a different saddle on the bike and put it bit more forward than the one I replaced and now I've found a comfortable place with the setup. I'm liking it.