I'm thinking of switching the bar setup on my commuter/off-road tourer and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with something similar before I invest the money.
Currently I'm running Nitto Dove bars (similar to the Albatross but a touch narrower) with regular mountain bike brake levers and bar-end shifters. I've taped the forward curved sections to give me an "aero" position, in addition to the standard position on the straights. But even with a 140mm stem I feel too upright for most conditions, and climbing out of the saddle my arms are almost vertical. I'm thinking of switching to Mustache bars since they would move me forward significantly. I don't like the typical placement of road levers on the front of the bar -- they put a funny kink in my wrists -- so I was thinking of time-trial-style reverse levers on the bar ends, and then converting my bar-end shifters to bar-top shifters using the Paul's Thumbies. I'd tape the whole bar so again I would have a position on the straights and a forward position on the curve. Has anyone tried this latter configuration? Any advice? Thanks. -- Kurt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
