Thank you for all the replies!
This is a very friendly forum!
The reason I don't want turn down bars is my back problems
I need a more upright position
I may end up adding a spring seat to compensate for the weight going more to my bottom
The lever itself is far enough out but when squeezing it, it comes in and will squash my other fingers if I pull enough for full braking power
I tried having the LBS moving the levers in as suggested
That does work, but then my shifting position is not as comfortable and natural
I am wondering if the older style caliper brakes with different levers would be a better way to go? Is that what's on road bikes?
Maybe caliper brakes give more travel in levers by design?
Back in the day, it's what I had and had no problems back then.
I'm just thinking I can't be the only person to come across this problem.
I'm surprised there isn't a company that has a lever model to compensate for this problem
The levers are sized for me to use three fingers
Back in the day, I used two fingers
I wouldn't mind switching to four fingers, but these levers aren't long enough
and three fingers just feels weird
Is this what happens when bike parts are all from Taiwan?
Regards, Reid