Garth nailed it pretty well. From this photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/cecily/9578404571 I would only add that it looks like you can put on a much shorter stem, and get some bars that don't go as far forward before looping back. That combo could get you more upright, but not as much as your Dutch bike. Here is the Bosco profile and you can see how it doesn't go forward first: http://cdn3.volusion.com/ctxtv.wmppt/v/vspfiles/photos/hb11-3.jpg?1363791017
An expense and hassle to swap out bars/stem, but cheaper than a new bike!!! Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Cecily Walker <cecily.wal...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes, it absolutely makes sense. I know you can't really compare the two > styles, and as I said in another message, I don't want to be as upright as > I was on the Dutch bike, because that position is really inefficient when > you live in a city as hilly as Vancouver. But there were certain things > about that style of bike I really enjoyed. Maybe the answer is to finally > get my Batavus repaired. > > > On Sunday, May 18, 2014 7:40:10 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote: >> >> To clarify, not only the seat , but the bars can never back as far on a >> Betty than on the Dutch bike. The seat and head angles of the frame are >> just too different and the Betty was never meant to be Dutch-like . Make >> sense ? You know , don't try to make a banana and apple ;) >> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
