Originally Posted by
urbanknight
^ Yep. As I mentioned, it's different for each. I can get my hoods much lower than that on an ergo bar and still reach the brakes and shifters comfortably. Of course, that means I could set them even lower than that if I went back to a classic bar.
that was no longer possible for me when i switched to sram from shimano. as hideous as shimano shifters look and as bad as their ergonomic is, the long levers do come in handy