Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Apologies, but I was serious that I'm not going over the math. Make some reasonable assumptions on torso angle eg 40°, torso height, head tube angle etc and use actual trigonometry and it will be more clear.
Those factors have only a second order effect and don't change things.
This is turning into a pointless argument as you are not willing to show me how raising the bar really helps (assuming it is weight too far forward), so I have said my piece and stand by what I posted - that if there is too much pressure on your hands, it is probably because your COG is to forward, and the first thing you should try is to make sure you are balanced and set your seat back if you are not.
I think jyi and I are in agreement here.