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Old 11-01-22 | 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Bad Lag
Placing the back of the bent elbow against the leading edge of the saddle, your extended finger tip should touch the back of the bars.

I always heard this one as: The back the bent elbow against the leading edge of the saddle + the width of your hand from the extended fingertip = the middle of the bar tops.

Using this formula results is a comfortable position and also checks the box of “obscuring the front hub from the drops".

Disclaimer: I’m tall, all torso and arms
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