Originally Posted by
electrik
Don't forget to slide your seat forward a bit... Hoods are the more ergonomically correct position for your wrists/elbow, so no surprise they're comfortable.
Don't change your seat to change the reach, change it for better pedaling. Then, for reach, change the stem.
I put a smaller stem on my flat-bar Bianchi hybrid when I converted it to drop bars. Saddle position stayed the same. Now it's basically a Volpe with fenders and a dynohub (plus my own add-ons):
