I haven't tried the moustache bars so I can't directly answer your question. A backdoor answer is that I tried the Albatross bars upside down and as high as I could get them with my stem. They were not comfortable at all for me. The Albatross below saddle height didn't feel right, but getting it at or 1" above saddle height and every things perfect so far.
You are right, the Bullmoose and Albatross bars would swap easily. Just remove shifters/brakes (presuming thumbie shifters) and swap. Your screw on grips would work for that also. It's when you cross the threshold between mtn and road that things get more complicated. For the Albatross conversion I needed to redo the brake and derailure cables, new brake levers, and switch to bar end shifters, plus I needed a new stem (I would have anyway because I needed a 3 cm shorter stem for the Albastaches). That's a LOT more work and I needed time to be sure I couldn't get the Albatross to work for me before I was willing to go that route. I am delighted I did! Whatever end up working for you you'll have some grand times figuring it out! With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:34:35 AM UTC-6, DS wrote: > > Hey Patrick - I have watched that thread. My hesitation there is that I > recently put some moustache bars on an old Trek road bike and wasn't really > into them. Admittedly that was a road bike and not on trails, but riding in > the drops never felt right to me. But I understand that the Albastache has > more shallow drops, and are not very comparable to Moustache? > > I'm actually heading to Rivendell HQ today to return something, so will > check it out. > > My big question is around understanding the ease of handlebar swaps, if it > is easy enough I may just go bullmoose and albatross and try them both, and > thanks for pointing out on the other drop bars about the diameter, didn't > think of that. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
