Ok, I'm in a bit of a bind, It seems that vintage 1"/25.4mm bars are sparse, unless you pillage the scrap yard regularly.
My Sora series brifters don't sit right;
Too far forward and it feels I'm reaching,
too far back and I cant reach from the drops,
tilt the bars back to sit right up top, and the drops feel like I'm falling out.
Tilt forward, and it feels like I'm going to push the grips off the bars, nowhere to sit my palms.
Here's the bike in question: (last tested position)
Here's my current cross bike, measured and set up for me
Can I bend 15yr old aluminum bars? or would the metal just stress and break?
Any suggestions?, preferably economical as this is mostly a project bike, likely to be used as a commuter that can be ridden around town, with less fear of locking it up.