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Old 02-26-16 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Maconi
I thought you were supposed to angle the bar so that the ends of the bar points diagonally towards the ground, not straight behind you? Wouldn't that mean the second picture is more correct?
Most of us do it like #1 , dead horizontal or slightly high up front. Bradley Wiggins does it like #2 , way high up front. This obviously works for Bradley Wiggins, because he doesn't write to bikeforums.net complaining that his drops are too short and he has to bend his wrists.
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