FORCE's etap lever is way too big.
I might write more about this later.
Addendum
In the image above, the lever really is oversized,
but the handlebar drop is so shallow
that it makes it look even more exaggerated.
On a three-roller trainer, when I'm grinding to maintain
180 or 200 RPM for as long as possible,
I've learned from experience that the narrower the handlebar width,
the longer I can sustain those cadences.
When I say narrower is better, there's probably a threshold
beyond which things become harder to handle,
but within the range I've actually tested (specifically 440mm to 360mm outside-to-outside),
I haven't found any counterexamples so far.
There's a brand called Zoom (ZOOM) that makes parts
around the handlebar, stem, and seatpost area.
Around the stem, they make adjustable stems that change angle
and parts that slide onto the fork's steerer tube
to extend the column length—these are meant as a fix
for road bikes with cut-too-short steerer tubes, but that almost never happens in practice.
Even flat-bar commuter crossbikes with normal drop ranges
are mostly used by people who find the forward lean too steep
and want to raise the bar position.
Under Zoom, there's another brand called
Satori (SATORI),
and they make a junior racer handlebar model called
Primary (PRIMARY).
The handlebar width is available in three sizes
at 360/340/320mm center-to-center,
and this time I picked up the 320mm version.
By the way, this 320mm width is center-to-center,
so outside-to-outside it's roughly 340mm.
Looking at it now, on A○zon
it's listed as "Frimary (FRIMARY)"—misspelled—and is out of stock,
and some retailers only sell the 340mm version,
but the 320mm is currently well-stocked at the wholesaler.
I came up with some ridiculous ideas, so I might buy another one or two,
but my plan was to wait for the next shipment if stock runs low.
Nōm Lab supports all the junior racers out there!
So we definitely won't do anything like hoarding ☆
But even though the narrow width is good,
when I actually got them in, the drop was too shallow,
so I won't get much drop when holding the lower bars, and besides,
I had to remove the drop bars from my cyclocross bike,
so I threw them on the cyclocross instead of keeping them for the three-roller dedicated bike.
The FORCE lever is actually a takeoff from a customer's bike—
I just borrowed it for the photo.
↑Actual installation state
You can see at a glance how ridiculously shallow the drop is.
Normally I wouldn't angle the handlebar end this far upward,
but I set the brake lever bracket as high as possible,
and the top of the bracket ended up sloping downward, so trying to level the bracket
resulted in this angle.
The bar tape on the upturned section is barely enough to fit a fist grip.
I could wrap it further inward, but
there's an indicator on the right side, so wrapping it equally on both sides resulted in this.
The Extraum bar tape is extremely long,
and with a thin tape wrapped thinly
and a handlebar that's both very narrow and very shallow in drop,
the bar tape had so much left over it extended past the saddle's rear end.
Though I couldn't wrap the other side with what was left over.
I might write more about this later.
Addendum
In the image above, the lever really is oversized,
but the handlebar drop is so shallow
that it makes it look even more exaggerated.
On a three-roller trainer, when I'm grinding to maintain
180 or 200 RPM for as long as possible,
I've learned from experience that the narrower the handlebar width,
the longer I can sustain those cadences.
When I say narrower is better, there's probably a threshold
beyond which things become harder to handle,
but within the range I've actually tested (specifically 440mm to 360mm outside-to-outside),
I haven't found any counterexamples so far.
There's a brand called Zoom (ZOOM) that makes parts
around the handlebar, stem, and seatpost area.
Around the stem, they make adjustable stems that change angle
and parts that slide onto the fork's steerer tube
to extend the column length—these are meant as a fix
for road bikes with cut-too-short steerer tubes, but that almost never happens in practice.
Even flat-bar commuter crossbikes with normal drop ranges
are mostly used by people who find the forward lean too steep
and want to raise the bar position.
Under Zoom, there's another brand called
Satori (SATORI),
and they make a junior racer handlebar model called
Primary (PRIMARY).
The handlebar width is available in three sizes
at 360/340/320mm center-to-center,
and this time I picked up the 320mm version.
By the way, this 320mm width is center-to-center,
so outside-to-outside it's roughly 340mm.
Looking at it now, on A○zon
it's listed as "Frimary (FRIMARY)"—misspelled—and is out of stock,
and some retailers only sell the 340mm version,
but the 320mm is currently well-stocked at the wholesaler.
I came up with some ridiculous ideas, so I might buy another one or two,
but my plan was to wait for the next shipment if stock runs low.
Nōm Lab supports all the junior racers out there!
So we definitely won't do anything like hoarding ☆
But even though the narrow width is good,
when I actually got them in, the drop was too shallow,
so I won't get much drop when holding the lower bars, and besides,
I had to remove the drop bars from my cyclocross bike,
so I threw them on the cyclocross instead of keeping them for the three-roller dedicated bike.
The FORCE lever is actually a takeoff from a customer's bike—
I just borrowed it for the photo.
↑Actual installation state
You can see at a glance how ridiculously shallow the drop is.
Normally I wouldn't angle the handlebar end this far upward,
but I set the brake lever bracket as high as possible,
and the top of the bracket ended up sloping downward, so trying to level the bracket
resulted in this angle.
The bar tape on the upturned section is barely enough to fit a fist grip.
I could wrap it further inward, but
there's an indicator on the right side, so wrapping it equally on both sides resulted in this.
The Extraum bar tape is extremely long,
and with a thin tape wrapped thinly
and a handlebar that's both very narrow and very shallow in drop,
the bar tape had so much left over it extended past the saddle's rear end.
Though I couldn't wrap the other side with what was left over.