You've got the wrong bike buddy. The Roubaix can easily accommodate bar heights up to level with the saddle. Higher than that gets progressively more ugly and more compromising. The Roubaix was originally designed as a race bike with a heavy emphasis on comfort. For most endurance roadies, the Roubaix fits like a glove without casting aside aesthetics. The bike is simply not designed for fringe cases like yours. Specialized would instead point you towards another brand. You can (somewhat) successfully make a
truck into a race car, but you can't make a race car into a truck.
Also, don't lower your saddle to compensate for the bars. That's like puncturing the other tires on your car when you flat to "make it feel the same".
Originally Posted by
mack_turtle
How long have you had the bike? In this situation, I would send a message to Specialized to tell them that excessive proprietary BS alienates customers. Buy a bike from a company that is not making non-adjustable proprietary crap instead. If the manufacturer and the shop want to keep their customers, they will accommodate you. When I look at a bike that has non-standard bits like that, I run away from even the thought of getting sucked into that game. Specialized, Cannondale, Canyon, Cervelo, etc, make so much of that junk. It's planned obsolescence for disposable bikes.
Yes, and I should call up Ernesto Ferrari and tell him his cars are not only too expensive, but too fast. If only there was some version that was just like a Honda CR-V...
Edit: Spacers can be added under the Future Shock cartridge. Max of 3 spacers.