A few months ago, I took my gravel bike apart and put the frame up in the attic. I liked riding it, but I rode it less and less. Earlier in the year I'd been thinking a lot about handlebars, mostly as an aerodynamics thing. My gravel bike was about going fast(er) or at least far(ther) and we all know aero is everything. Seeing some recent hype videos about how higher drops are even faster I tried a bunch of high setups, since that could potentially be a win-win with a fast high hoods position, and decent descending on the drops. I also tried a short stem, long reach bars (Nitto Noodles) and the longest hoods available (TRP Hylex). But nothing really stuck. Anything that was supposed to be fast and was optimized for the fast position felt totally dumb the rest of the time. I also tried out Jones bars, since they give you a wider stance further back that narrows as you go forwards, which seems like a true win-win. But I didn't really like the extra sweep descending, and I couldn't find…
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