Thanks for all of your wisdom! Let me provide some more info. I purchased a Romulus last month and soon after went over to RBW where Mark kindly setup the bike's current bar and saddle heights. I've been mostly enjoying the Noodle bar so far, but have been doing mostly 5-20 mi rides. Yesterday was my first long ride (50 mi) with the bike, and about halfway through I had a pretty intense soreness in lower my back. This hampered my comfort for the rest of the ride; I had to stop a few times to stretch and rest so that I could keep on going. The guy I was riding with suggested I try out the Moustache bars, to get a more upright position, so that I'm not leaning forward as much / tensing my back as much. So, I'd like to at least experiment with new bars and see if they make a difference on long rides.
Here's a photo of our bikes on the ride yesterday: <http:// www.flickr.com/photos/natan/3492115283/>. You can see my bars are just about level with the saddle, and both stem (Technomic Deluxe) and post are right below max height (the bike is just a little small for me…). I'm willing to try out a new stem too, it sounds like the Nitto DirtDrop is the way to go if I move forward with the Moustache bar. -nathan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
