Originally Posted by
riddei
...I've looked at more modern drop bar bikes, and noted that the hoods seem to be placed "higher" on many, than they were years ago. So this morning I tilted the bars back slightly (not a huge amount). This put the drops at more of a 10 o'clock position, rather than in a 9 o'clock position...
I had pretty much the same experience. I tilted my handle bars down to make riding in the drops more comfortable but found riding the hoods in about the 9ish position resulted in wrist pain. After one ride i returned the handle bars to thier original position putting the hoods in about the 10ish area.