Well it depends ... on a lot of things. The North Road vs the Albatross has a different amount of reach (or pullback or sweep or whatever). I've also got some Nitto Promenade bars which extend back even further towards your body. In fact there are 3 models of the Promendade (I've got two), all with different reaches. I like the Albatross much more than the North Road, and btw, the steel Albatross is $11 less and 2cm wider than the alloy, at Rivendell.
I plan on posting photos someday of the four types of upright bars I have so people can get a feel for it. So anyway, the reach of the technomic should be factored into the reach of the bars.
I just ordered two techonomics at 50mm reach, their shortest. That looks a little severe, but it worked when combined with the longest of the Promenade models, on a bike with a longer top tube than I'm used to. In the end I got a pretty decent upright position for me.
One more thing, more upright requires a wider saddle. It's an anatomical thing. My favorite is the Brooks B67.
Last edited by sunburst; 10-22-09 at 10:45 PM.