Originally Posted by
gpshead
I rarely found myself riding in the hoods for long on mine due to the angle forcing an awkward narrow hand position. The dirt drops were quite natural for me to ride in.
Anyways, I finally just replaced the bars with a Ritchey Venturemax. Also 24 degrees flared and 44cm width but with a different bend profile leading to a much nicer hood setup for my tastes:
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New freshly wrapped Ritchey Venturemax bars on my Mazama.
That looks good. Do you have a side view as well? What bar tape is that?
Also, both @
gpshead and @
jefnvk, what angle are/were you running the drops at? I have been having trouble finding a tingling-free hand position lately both on the hoods and drops. My drops are almost parallel to the top tube and I read people say that they should be more parallel to the ground... but after doing 10 miles of singletrack this morning I feel like I need to do the opposite, point the bar ends down some more.