Handlebar sizing

j22
j22 Posts: 3
edited March 2010 in Road beginners
Im 5'3" and bought a 48" CAAD9 5, this past summer. I didn't want a women's specific bike but now I'd like to switch out the handlebar for a smaller (more narrow) one. Any advice on what size or which one to get that may fit more comfortably?

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  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Take a look at FSA Omega Compacts - they're a compact design, shorter reach and smaller drop. :D
    http://www.shinybikes.com/product.php?productid=17558
    Prob a 40 or 42 cm for you.
    Cycling weakly
  • dombo6
    dombo6 Posts: 582
    Go into a shop and hook the bars over your shoulders. The ends should just touch the knobbly bits at the top.
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    Dombo6 wrote:
    Go into a shop and hook the bars over your shoulders. The ends should just touch the knobbly bits at the top.

    What do you mean by the knobbly bits? Your collar bone joint?
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Steve_b77 wrote:
    Dombo6 wrote:
    Go into a shop and hook the bars over your shoulders. The ends should just touch the knobbly bits at the top.

    What do you mean by the knobbly bits? Your collar bone joint?

    Yes. According to this pic it's called the Acromion.
    img_patients_shoulder_healthy.jpg
    Cycling weakly

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