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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
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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;