> These days I can't say enough good about trekking bars for city use. > Yes, they're a bit wide physically, but when you're at the controls, > you're a narrow aero package, and the bars act like a bumper if things > get nasty. When you get away from traffic, you can leave the controls > and use all the yummy other hand positions. I know I stump for these > every other post, but they're such underdogs. They look really good on > a utility bike like my cheap and cheerful commodity Kona Dew as well-- > they'd probably demean anything nicer. ;-)
I had never thought of that before. Sounds quite sensible. Thanks for the tip. On Nov 1, 10:16 pm, landotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 1, 4:00 pm, JoelMatthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That's nice, but try that on a short person's 700c bike with drop > > > bars. Not nearly so much room. For such a person/bike combo, a rear > > > rack and panniers works much better. > > > Well, I am talking commuters, not touring or rando bikes. At least > > for my commute - in densely populated Chicago - drops are not the > > best choice. > > Indeed, when I lived in Wicker Park/Bucktown/Ukrainian Village I > experimented a bit and always came back to cut down flat bars on my > Nexus7 bike with some Ritchey True grips. Not severely hipster cut > down, but about 2" off each end--perfect for lane cutting on the right > and keeping the hands on the brakes. I did manage to courier on a drop > bar bike--with a friction six speed cluster though no less, but that > takes total bike zen when you're on Michigan Avenue and it's a big > chess game... > > These days I can't say enough good about trekking bars for city use. > Yes, they're a bit wide physically, but when you're at the controls, > you're a narrow aero package, and the bars act like a bumper if things > get nasty. When you get away from traffic, you can leave the controls > and use all the yummy other hand positions. I know I stump for these > every other post, but they're such underdogs. They look really good on > a utility bike like my cheap and cheerful commodity Kona Dew as well-- > they'd probably demean anything nicer. ;-) > > > > ..: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
