+1. I'm not understanding why you think Betty can't be as upright as your dutch bike? How do you know that?
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, May 16, 2014 10:05:40 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: > > Cecily, >> > You mentioned getting upright like a dutch bike. I don't know if that will > solve the problem, but if that is what you want, I would think your Betty > could easily be set up that way. > > To get yourself sitting bolt upright, with all your weight on your behind > and your trunk vertical, you need to get your bars *up and back*, so your > hands come up and back, closer to your trunk. > You can do this with a shorter stem extension that has a high rise quill > to it, like a 7cm or 8cm* extension* Technomic or Tallux stem, and set it > at maximum height. > Also, you can use *Albatross bars or Bosco bars* with that stem. > These bars have a lot of rise, to get you higher, as well as a lot of sweep > back, to get the hands closer to your trunk. Bosco has the most, I think. > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/hb10.htm > Then, you can sit bolt upright while riding. So get the bars up and back > towards you. > That's how I got that position on my Sam when I had Albas on it. I used an > 8cm extension Tallux with Albas and it handled great, and allowed me to sit > totally upright. > > Let us know how it goes. I will pray for you. I hope you feel better soon. > God bless you, Cecily! > -- 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.
