Originally Posted by pdlamb

Probably bad form on my part to mention it, but have you tried a touring model with the bars set to the same height as the saddle, or perhaps a bit higher? If you've got a nearby bike shop with touring bikes, you might ask them if you could try one set up like that. I know, it's hard to find a touring bike in most bike shops, and most of those have been set up to look like racing bikes with the bars slammed down as far as they can go. But many, if not most, of the problems with drop bars seem to correlate with low bars and inflexible riders. Try one with a short and high stem, and you might like it.