heh I meant I was a nerd talking about data points, but good of you to own up too!

I don't think my wife understood quite how deep it went until I started this classic bike project. Apparently I'm the cat from Oi Frog (one of our 2yo's favourite books). If I ever write it up I think this will be the title page

Not sure if I should say it, but that was a nice looking bike. The bars look like they have a longer reach and possibly a deeper drop than mine. If ever you have them and a tape measure to hand, it would be interesting to know if they match up to any of the published bends.

Btw I think velo-base is generally great, as you say very good for the more common / sought after components. It's been a good starting place for most things I've tried to figure out. It's just a few of the comments verge on opinion rather than fact / knowledge. But they're pretty easy to filter out and I guess that's part of the fun.