If you already have mtb levers, you should really give trekking handlebars a shot. PJW's right about moustache bars--very few people actually get along with them. One of my bikes came with them and I put up with 'em for a year before I switched to Nitto randonneur bars. They're fine for short city scooty type riding for sure--as they look great--but not much else, IMHO.
The trekking bars I put on my touring/citi/shopping/util/distance bike--and I like them as much or more than drops. I tape them and use grips on the inner sections. You can get them from Wallbike, Harris, and I use the cheap but really nice ones from Nashbar that usually are on sale for $20. There's no reason other than fashion that these shouldn't be more popular--it's an incredibly great handlebar. If you're curious on how it looks set up, check out the REI Safari bike, it's outfitted with the same type that Nashbar sells: http://www.rei.com/product/775749 BTW, they've got the bars pretty radically tilted, IMHO--I run mine quite a bit flatter--goes to show that there's a lot of ways to set them up. At any rate--they're cheap and offer a zillion hand positions with the curves. Mustache bars look great, but for a lot of us--they ultimately end up causing numbness at around mile ten, no matter how we grip them. On Oct 24, 2:44 pm, Kurt Nordback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
