I laugh at this question (in nostalgic exhilaration, not scorn) because I've had the same dilemma for dirt surface bikes. I want a low, narrow cruising position for tarmac, and a wide, closer-up position for dirt.
What all this reminds me of is: the original issue Moustache Bar. Though I tried close and high, I didn't like it, and always went back to low and far; IOW, set them up much like road drop bars. This gave me a narrow, long-reach position on the hoods (set up per Grant's original suggestion), and a much wider and closer position by sitting up and holding on to the ends of the bar. These 2 positions are very good, but -- and this is me, only -- my left palm is so sensitive that only the ramps and hoods of a road drop bar setup (I tried 6-7 different, wide, flared offroad drops and hated them all) is comfortable for more than a few miles, thus ruling out the M-bar for anything ridden for over 10 miles. On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 9:53 AM Andrew Stevens <imandrewstev...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://surlybikes.com/parts/truck_stop_bar > https://www.crustbikes.com/products/wide-load-bar/ > https://bikepacking.com/news/ride-farr-supa-wide-handlebar/ > > I guess the way I'm reading it is you want a narrow road position and a > wider upright position. The general trend in backpacking has been to widen > the bars and to include upsweep from the stem so that its a riser bar with > a wide drop position, so that inverts what I perceive to be your preferred > position, but this trend seems much easier from an engineering standpoint. > I just got those Ride Farr bars: they are wide, but as they are short > reach, with a shorter stem, they feel very natural, and nowhere near as > wide as the widest bars out there nowadays. > > You could also go the Jones route, and ride in the "aero" position: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGwBvzvIhhs > > > > On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 10:48:51 AM UTC-5, Zack Medow wrote: >> >> Ok so for me the perfect road handlebar would allow me to run drop bar >> break levers in the typical way for “endurance” riding, then with back >> sweep to allow me to sit up and change my back angle. Basically I’m >> visualizing this as an albastache bar but with the break levers vertical >> instead of horizontal. Or like a dirt drop, but with all the hand positions >> existing on the same plane. >> >> I could see how you’d do this by bending the tubes down in the way you >> typically would on a drop bar, and then sideways and back for the sit-up >> position. Has anyone ever seen a bar like this? Is this a very stupid idea? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0e4785f2-cf1a-4cae-97ff-8d9ee7a91fado%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0e4785f2-cf1a-4cae-97ff-8d9ee7a91fado%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvjrdBABYU4HEHxYucz0ktRDGGOz-CjjHewwUrSDHkC9A%40mail.gmail.com.
