I appreciate your responses, which unfortunately confirmed my fear that these levers, the bar's bend, & my small hands are a not match made in heaven

Since I was able to liberate myself from n+1 mentality & have been shedding bikes, this one became my 1-gear road bike as well as my stylin & profilin tarck bike. In case anyone is interested, I run several different bar/stem combos on it, depending on circumstances, & always use a brake on roadie group rides.

I have ridden many metrics & some centuries on this bike with semi-pursuit bars or Cinelli 64s & a cross-lever, but got interested in longer rides so had been wanting a road drop/hooded lever combo for the additional hand position. This seemed like the perfect time to finally get those Campy levers I always lusted after for a full-on Italian build. But considering the stress I'll come under on this ride, I need everything to be simple as possible. I already have some Tektro 341s in my spare parts bin. Will use them this time & decide later if/how to use my new Record levers.

Thanx again for all the help...