Originally Posted by
oldacura
As far as our bike goes, it was a big upgrade from our 20 year old Co-Motion. We went with a Calfee Tetra with Ultegra Di2. Our old steel Co-Motion had bar-end shifters. I liked the bar end shifters pretty well. The Di2 shifts very well but I'm still having some issues getting used to it. If I am in the drops, it seems like a long reach to get to the shifters.
The shifters are potentially mounted too high on the bars, causing the levers to flare away from the drops. For example, the Raliegh pictured above has that problem. Try shifting the levers down ~5mm. The bars are basically designed to have the ramps go horizontally to the levers.
I've got the same FSA bars on my road bike, and find them great. The thing is these bars are basically designed for a modern pro setup. What that means is that the vast majority of your riding is done on the hoods, and the drops are used basically only for descending. That means that you generally want the hood position more aggressive than for a classic style bar where you ride mostly in the drops. The short reach/shallow drop combination means that there isn't as large a shift in riding position from tops to hoods to drops.