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Handlebar Comfort – Compact Or Anatomic?

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  • February 10, 2015 at 9:56 pm #23245
    craig749

    After my last post regarding flat top bars I was wondering if there is a big difference in comfort between a compact drop and Anatomic drop?

    I’ve always used Anatomic but I’ve never been one to ride much in the drops. Would a compact drop make much difference to the comfort of riding in the drops? Or is it just a matter of riding in the drops and adapting to that position?

    As always thanks for your thoughts/advice

    🙂

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  • February 11, 2015 at 7:11 pm #831819
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    Welsh boy

    Have a look
    Have a look at:

    http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/HBPX6061SD/planet-x-road-bar-strada-shallow-drop

    and

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/pro-lt-alloy-compact-handlebar/

    February 11, 2015 at 6:58 pm #831817
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    Welsh boy

    Anatomic refers to the shape
    Anatomic refers to the shape of the bend, not the overall depth of a bar. You can get classic and anatomic bars in standard or shallow depth.
    A compact bar made a huge difference to me, i do most of my riding on the brake hoods so set my bars quite low relative to my saddle but compact bars opened up a whole new position for me. I use classic bend compacts on my winter bike and anatomic compacts on my summer bike. I really dont know which ones i prefer.

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