I haven't responded because I've been so busy, but I neglected to mention that my wife rides a 59 cm Romulus and the 56 cm Glorius. I can't measure it right now, but I think the Romulus has a 57.5 cm effective top tube, about 1.5 cm shorter than the imaginary top tube of the Glorius. So I think if I go with a stem on the Glorius that is 1 cm shorter than her Romulus, she can use drops.
Of course, her stem on the Romulus has a 7 cm extension, which is pretty short. I don't know if a 6 cm stem has any disadvantages. Thanks for all the responses, btw. Dave On Feb 9, 9:42 am, John at Rivendell <j...@rivbike.com> wrote: > Yep. Need to go short with the stem on a mixte if you are considering > a drop bar, > especially ours with long effective top-tubes. We (generally) still > recommend > the albatross/dove bars on these frames. > > Cheers, > > John at Rivendell > > On Feb 8, 10:13 pm, Dave C <david.charles.carr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow! Thank you! I never even considered the Dirt Drop stem. > > > Dave > > > On Feb 8, 9:32 pm, "J. Burkhalter" <burk...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Hey Dave, > > > > I've been wondering the same, and was glad to see this pic of the > > > Betty Foy > > > >http://tinyurl.com/cxpuhx > > > (last picture at the bottom shows drop bars mated with dirt drop stem) > > > > -Jay > > > > On Feb 8, 11:42 pm, Dave C <david.charles.carr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > My wife is strongly considering swapping the Albatross bars on the > > > >Gloriusfor some drop bars. She wants to have the lower drop position > > > > for fast descents and off-road control. Yet after scouring the web > > > > and the Flickr site, I have not seen oneGloriusor Wilbury with > > > >drops. I know why -- part of the bike's appeal overlaps with the > > > > appeal of Albatross bars -- but my wife does not need the higher > > > > position they provide. She has been satisfied with her Noodle bars on > > > > her Romulus. > > > > > Has anyone outfitted their Rivendell mixte withdrops? Any > > > > suggestions for stem change? I know that she will either use another > > > > Noodle bar, or a flared drop in the randonneur style or Dirt Drop > > > > style. I'd love to see pictures if anyone has done this. > > > > > Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
