I’m a long time reader of the Slowtwitch newsletter and an age group triathlete. I just recently purchased a 2018 BMC TM01 bike with the integrated front cockpit. After my bike fit session I still find the position of the arm rests to be too narrow which causes me pain on the front of my shoulders (both, but worse on the right side). As it is integrated and in a V shape, the only way to separate the arm pads is to raise the whole thing or that’s what I think since the pads are already on the outermost holes of the pad base. Do you know of any other way to open that without raising the position altogether? Would you recommend that I change the whole cockpit to a non integrated option (assuming that’s possible)?

Thank you for your input.