My personal bike set-up rule of thumb: If I'm not on the tops/hoods at least 20% of the time (i.e. just unconsiously positioning myself there), my bar is too high*. If I'm not on the drops at least 20% of the time, my bar is too low**. If I'm somewhere in the 80/20, I can basically ride either position for as long as I want/need to. Now on the bike I've just started to dial in, I've not been riding in the drops more than about 5% of the time, so I need a stem with more lift.
Originally Posted by
Bluetail
The LBS guy who took all the measurements did what seemed like an exacting final fitting, but I had a 'stretched out' feeling that he said I "would get used to" and insisted that "your position on the bike looks good...you have to lean onto the hoods differently than you handled your flat bar bike."
Hey, it's your hair - get it cut the way
you like, not the way the stylist likes.
HTH,
TCS
*rare
**common