Originally Posted by
bampilot06
I have wide shoulders, “should” run 44s but prefer 42s. The trend is to go narrow, which I tried on my crit bike. I put 38s which were stupid small and then tried 40s and still didn’t like it. So 42s it is. Almost all of my bikes have flared bars, I like the wider drops for sprinting. Something to think about.
If I was building a bike for crit/road racing now, I would go with flared bars. I have a mild flare on my gravel bike, and really like them. I understand why they are becoming more popular for road bikes, too.
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