Hi DS, Congrats on the Hunqapillar! Shifters: The MTN vs Road bar thing: you might want to consider the "IRD Silver SOS thumbies" offered by Riv. Unlike the Paul thumbies, which are for specific h-bar diameters, the SOS thumbies come with shims. You can swap between MTN and Road bars by moving the SOS +/- shim. With a set each of MTN and road brake levers, you'd be all set to try a whole bunch of set ups.
Alternatively, if you're ok with it, down tube shifters would obviate the change shifter issue. A quill shifter mount would also do the trick. (I'm a thumbies and bar-end shifter sort of guy, so I'll deal with the swaps. If you're into swapping on a 10-min whim, you can get a set of DaVinci splitters. I think Ritchey offers a similar splitter.) Grips: I usually run bars without tape until I get the brake levers "just right". If that's not your thing, bar tape wraps quickly and is inexpensive. Clamp-on grips would work, too. The downside to the cork grips is the glue part-- some use tape or hairspray to get the grips on without using glue. I'd also recommend Spur Cycles grip rings. (http://spurcycle.com/griprings.html) They are silicone and comfy. I have them on my crosscheck, and they are fairly easy on/off. Stems: Stem length can make a huge difference in comfort. dougP mentioned removable face plate for swaps-- you can combine that and stem changes by using a threadless stem adaptor. VO and Nitto (probably others) make them. You can then use fairly inexpensive threadless stems to dial in the proper stem length. I think Marc Irwin who posts to this list has his Hunqapillar set up with one of these stems. Good luck and enjoy the ride! Shoji On Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:15:58 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > 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.
