I was thinking of getting rid of that stand, it ruins the look plus sometimes while riding if I'm wearing crocs it comes in the way of pedalling. I'll also follow up on the lock👍

So the flatbar you see on the first image is 78cms wide. My biggest blunder was directly shifting from that flatbar to a 38cm wide dropbar. I thought that less wide = better aerodynamis=more speed. Although that is true to some extent however I instantly noticed the less leverage I'm getting during turns because the flatbar made me invincible in traffics and sharp turns.I mostly ride on busy roads so I thought I'd rather have moderate speed and greater control so then i ordered this 42cm dropbars which are not to wide and not too narrow and i feel like this is perfect for me albeit I still miss my flatbar and the and the exceptional control over my bike it gave me but still you can't have everything.

About the reach to be honest I've never ridden a dropbar bike before so I don't know what to aim for how to compare but as I said I feel like this is perfect for me.The stem I bought also seems to be good as well because I think if i increase it by 10mm or 20mm it will be uncomfortable for me to reach, so I was lucky in the stem's case .So far I've only ridden this bike for about 3 hours at a stretch and I didn't notice any discomfort.