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looking at getting some salsa cowchippers for my drop bar hybrid/ adventure gravel racer / cx stylee - local salsa stockist has none so its online
currently have 42cm straight drop Eastons
Salsa says this on website:
[i]"40,42,44, and 46cm sizes avalable (measured center to center)"[/i]
am i right in thinking that the hoods will move in if i buy another 42cm bar? (I like them where they are)
or do i need to buy a wider bar to get the benefit of the flare and keep hood in similar position? (and remember at narrow gates that I've changed the bars!)
I would stick with 42cm, use the extra flare for added leverage when needs be.
C-C should mean hoods stay approx. same position (depends where you place yours hoods I guess), but added width after a while becomes tiring, so would advise against moving up to 44cm e.g.
not the best of sketches (99.9% of STW users could do better)
but this is what I mean - assuming I'm correct that centre to centre is centre of the drop so this means hoods move in? as position is sort of fixed at end of horizontal
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Your assumption is incorrect. 42cm is the width of the bars where the levers are fitted. The flare makes them wider than that.
cheers - that makes sense to me with the quoted available sizes
centre to centre means centre to centre at the top of the bar not at the flared ends