Erik Voldengen

Sure, that might work. It kind of sounds like you need to raise the bars
and shorten the stem. You could also try raising the hoods up a bit on
the bars.

Some road levers have reach adjustment, so you can bring the lever closer
to the bars. And Jon mentioned there are shims you can get that do kind of
the same thing.

Hope it works out for her!

- Erik

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Mike Ruff via OBRA
wrote:

> Posting for my wife that has little tiny hands. She has complained that
> she isn't 100 percent comfortable on her Cx bike. She always rides the
> hoods and has trouble braking and shifting. At times I've checked the
> shifting right after a race and it works great. She's not comfortable in
> the drops where it seems there's more leverage for braking/ shifting.
>
> Should we go to a flatbar or try something else I haven't considered?
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jon.ragsda..@comcast.net

They make a spacer that can be installed in the lever that brings it in closer to the bar. Helped my girls a ton


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Posting for my wife that has little tiny hands. She has complained that she isn't 100 percent comfortable on her Cx bike. She always rides the hoods and has trouble braking and shifting. At times I've checked the shifting right after a race and it works great. She's not comfortable in the drops where it seems there's more leverage for braking/ shifting.

Should we go to a flatbar or try something else I haven't considered?
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It doesn't sound like anything some flat bars, hydraulic disc brakes and Di2
can't fix.
Nothing wrong with flat bars if it works for you and you're not racing UCI.

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From: "Mike Ruff via OBRA"
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 6:49 PM
To:
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Time for a flatbar?

> Posting for my wife that has little tiny hands. She has complained that
> she isn't 100 percent comfortable on her Cx bike. She always rides the
> hoods and has trouble braking and shifting. At times I've checked the
> shifting right after a race and it works great. She's not comfortable in
> the drops where it seems there's more leverage for braking/ shifting.
>
> Should we go to a flatbar or try something else I haven't considered?
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Mike Ruff

Posting for my wife that has little tiny hands. She has complained that she isn't 100 percent comfortable on her Cx bike. She always rides the hoods and has trouble braking and shifting. At times I've checked the shifting right after a race and it works great. She's not comfortable in the drops where it seems there's more leverage for braking/ shifting.

Should we go to a flatbar or try something else I haven't considered?