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You might as well drop the base bar. Using a bento bag behind the stem is a solution some people use to smooth airflow off the stem, dunno if it actually works though.
Those upturned base bar ends would annoy me, dunno how much is in it but they don't look aero.
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Using a bento bag behind the stem
Yeah, I thought about that but there's none that fit perfectly so I was going to custom fab a fairing err I mean bento box, that sits down into the Fuelselage to hold gels. But then I noticed Spesh do a purpose built box that goes into the frame where the bottle cage is so that would be much easier than me making something.
those upturned base bar ends would annoy me
You mean on the start bars? I never understood why they did that. I thought maybe because it means some of the brake lever is in front of the bar. I have a set of Magura hydraulic brakes to go on this thing and they have cutouts designed for horizontal base bars but unless you know where to get a Specialized base bar with flat grips, I'm unlikely to change it.
hippy
Do I need to troll your WW thread even more?
My position on the bike would remain the same, I'm just wondering about the bar aerodynamics.
Hmm, yes it might not be enough separation, I think it's only 20mm whereas Wiggo's and Botty's are 30m+
Bottrill's bike has a clean stem to top tube though, whereas my Shiv is going to have a lump in the form of the tower no matter where I put the bars.
But you can see on mine, I could drop the stem, get rid of the gap-filler spacer on the 'tower' behind it and then jack up the pads/exts using spacers.
I'm basically thinking of trading the spacers below the stem frontal area for the spacers under the pads front area, which in my mind should be better aerodynamically (assuming I then cut the fork down).