Cross posting because, while the iBob is the bigger list, the RBW list is the home of high-bar afficionados.
This is at the moment only an inquiry, but I wonder if I can get a better compromise bar setup on my Matthews 1:1 to maintain comfortable pavement cruising but gain more slow-speed, narrow-trail, sandy-soil control. Right now I have what for me is a wide-ish bar, a RH Maes Parallel 42 cm at hoods and 44 cm at ends set about 5-7 mm below saddle with 10 cm stem; this compares with 38 cm MPs 3 cm below saddle with 8 cm stems for my road bikes. All give me me very comfortable pavement positions, with the wider, slightly higher and wider 42/44/10 cm giving a slightly more upright position on dirt. Is there any way I can maintain a comfortable pavement/hardpack cruising position with a higher and wider bar that will give me better slow speed control on narrow, bumpy, soft singletrack? I don't ride technical stuff except, but I do encounter not infrequent narrow, bumpy sections of acequia trails bordered closely by fences and trees on one side and 4' dropoffs into ditches on the other side, often eroded and crossed by tree roots. I think of wider and closer for better slow speed control on the hoods, with a sufficiently deep hook to allow a comfortable hard surface cruising position. I've tried many -- at least half a dozen, from the original WTBs to more modern, wider wide flared dirt drop bars up to about 660 mm wide, and never liked them, even when positioned higher than road bars, but perhaps I've not tried high enough. I repeat: I have repeatedly found very wide setups uncomfortable. I may be asking for incompatible setups, but does anyone have any ideas on this? I'd like to stick to drops. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/CALuTfgv7SaautVH3p%2BATcKabjYqgTeo13XQf401AXrPHVA7p0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
