Current Projects chat and miscellany

^yes, I had a go at this clean line/flat ramp thing once on a pair of Forma SL. I found hook & flats were crazy steep and brake levers a long way away.

This. These bars are Forma SLs, and this position is perfect for me.

Previous bars were ITM Road Race 300s;

• The reach to the hoods/levers was too far, even on a relatively short 80mm stem.
  
• The drop curve was too gentle, the drops felt too far away and too steep for me.
  So I messed around with the cockpit a bit and found that;
  
• Moving the levers up the bars towards me rendered the levers inaccessible once on the drops
  
• Rotating the bars towards me made the drops even steeper / more uncomfortable
  
• Rotating the bars down and moving the levers up did little to improve things.
  That's what made me switch to the Forma SLs.
  
  

Road handlebar design has come really long way in the past ~15 years.