Originally Posted by
Iride01
I don't think they are marketing for big adult men. I feel that the brake hoods I rest my hand on are too small.
I'm sure they market for the average size rider. To market for every combination of physical attribute will be costly. Will the niche markets pay more for a brake/shifter lever made for a small hand if they can get one made for the majority of the market at a lower price? I doubt it.
Lots of issues. Hand strength, hand size, cable pull (brakes & shifters), throw of shifter mechanism, etc.
That is why it might be easiest to support multiple sizes/designs with EPS/Di2. Then one would simply have to match the levers with the brakes, and add a small amount of electronic circuitry. Fortunately smaller people tend to be lighter (not always, but typically), so braking strength could be proportional to rider weight.
Perhaps it would even be a market that a small company could break into.
Now, if costs would just come down a bit.