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Old 03-31-14 | 12:37 PM
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Yes, agree new bars. Then ignore the angle of the drops. Adjust the angle of the tops leading to where the hoods will be by getting into your low hoods position, forearms as nearly level as is comfortable for you. Your tops should be set so that your wrists rest comfortably on them, i.e. at about parallel with your forearms. Then position your hoods so that the back of the hood forms a continuous straight line with the bar top. When you're low and holding the hoods, almost all the pressure is then on your wrists, not your hands. You want the transition from top to bend to be abrupt, like in these bars:

rather than using the traditional round bend, like these bars:

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