Originally Posted by
Campag4life
...More setback and greater distance to the handlebar and a slightly lower handlebar is many times the recipe for low hand pressure. This is very counterintuitive...
Yes it is, and my experience supports your ideas. However, you have to be careful to insure that you are not compromising optimum pedaling position in the process. Some people do better (from a pedaling power perspective) in a more saddle forward position. It is a balancing act, and it is easy to passively exclude important variables.