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Your bar have a 78mm reach with a normal 128mm drop.
Salsa Cowbell (if it's not already recalled as usual) is 76mm reach and 126mm drop, what great about the Cowbell is that the drop have a much more gentle slope and easier to reach the brake levers compare to your current set up (bar is rotated too high to begin with), so I'm pretty certain you'll get on better with the Cowbell.
Your current Ritchey bar should be roughly this angle (little lower, and levers higher) with the bottom part nearly horizontal;
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My Ritchey bars have definitely more than 128 drop, maybe they have different options in that model... But it's too much, at least in my summer setting with carbon fork & lower stem (more "sportif" in a way). In the winter with steel forks and taller stem (it's not custom by the way -I wish - but just a VO stem that Mario sprayed along with frame) the drop is fine but I wouldn't mind trying with less. Will have a closer look at salsa cowbell/Cobwell, thanks for your elaborated reply!
veLLo
Ha, misread what you were saying.
Not sure what my bars are. Reach is fine, drop is a bit intense currently with carbon forks / stem combo. When "winter" steel forks, stem has more stack so drop is fine. The winter stem isn't custom by the way. It's a VO stem that Mario finished to match the frame. I could change it for something else if but I'd rather not as I quite like them. Are they not recommendable bars around that come in different reach and drop? With a cool shape... The Ritchey have some ergo vibe about them that I wouldn't minds losing...