Thread: Drop bar width?
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Old 11-01-13 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by grolby
For me, personally, I discovered after a couple of years of experimentation with 42 and 44 cm bars that I actually find wide drop bars to be quite uncomfortable and am much more comfortable with 38 and 40 cm bars, keeping in mind that I'm a slightly-built guy with fairly narrow shoulders.
Just curious how my extemporaneous correlation between suit jacket size and bar width works for you. You say you are slightly built with narrow shoulders. What size suit jacket do you wear (if that is not too personal a question)?
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