Smitty, your note doesn't say how hi the bars are in relationship to the saddle, but you describe the hoods as feeling "aggressive". I ride on the drops quite a bit because I find it shifts the weight on the saddle and gives my back a change. But my bike is set up with the hoods in a comfortable position and the drops in an aggressive one. Also, for me at least, being on the drops means being at the very end of the bar, with my fingers almost touching the BE shifters. So, to get this I have the bars about 2cm (3/4") below the saddle, but others might find a different height gives them this feel. The only downside I have found to raising drop bars, even above the saddle is that it seems to reduce leverage to rock the bike while standing up. If you don't stand up, and as I age I do it less & less, then I would think the longer stem set higher will bring the hoods into a more comfortable position and make the drops more reachable.
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