Originally Posted by
Bandera
For anyone interested in actually racing a C&V bike now as the OP proposes in Post #1 asking the same questions in the BF Racing sub-forum Masters Racing (All Disciplines) may well provide more useful information from those who actually rode the old hardware "back when" in competition, know the "fit" for that hardware and have contemporary racing experience.
-Bandera
I think all that has changed fit wise from the steel bike era to the carbon bike era is the amount of time spent on the hoods which has lowered the hoods and raised the drop in drop bars no one is reaching for DT shifters so they sit on the hoods.