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Old 09-20-17 | 02:29 PM
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Bikes: Tarmac Disc Comp Di2 - 2020

The wider bars are not bothering me. But I know I'm not fitted quite right. My elbows are a tad too straight. I thought perhaps the wider bars might be making me straighten my arms a little more.

Probably I should simply shorten the stem as that will be the easiest to change. I just don't have any shorter ones to try at the moment. When I ran through the calcs for stem length, I was looking at bars with a shorter reach. I failed to take that into account when I switched the order to the Cinelli's. It was only a 10mm difference in reach.

I know it's hard to say without seeing, but assuming my seat is correctly positioned for the crank and my body is in a comfortable lean for normal riding posture, will a 10 mm change in stem length be noticable, or would something like a 50mm to 70mm stem be an appropriate change to get more angle in my elbows?
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