Originally Posted by
cyber.snow
Went to Amazon and ordered a set of Butterfly Bars in 31.8mm and a 1 1/2" rise flat bar and extension. Looks like they will both be at the house when we get back from Prague...by the way, perfect weather for riding, but stay out of old town...crazy with pedestrians and traffic.
Anyway, will take off the Jones Bar and give both a try. There is a 5 mile 7% climb on a gravel road behind my house that leads up to Boulder Reservoir. I will ride up the forestry road, then down the single track to the street. Second test will be a 45mile ride around Payette lake. Hopefully I will know which one I like. Can you think of anything else to try?
what I would add is to play around with the angle of the butterflys. I found that slight changes made for more comfortable hands, especially when riding over rough stuff with the hands on the predominant position of right at the corner area (same hand positioning as on hoods on drops, or on flat bars with bar ends using the bar ends (ish)
anyway, experiment and see what feels better, and live with them for a while and make changes on the fly.
remember too it may be hit and miss with the stem length angle etc, so good luck mucking about with that variable also.