I have my Albatross bars mounted upside down and I use cork grips. My grips are about an inch higher than my saddle and I use a VO #8 sprung saddle. So far I like this combo better than the mustache bars I had on before but I am not sure if I like them better than the noodle bar and B17. I do like mustache bars and their braking position in traffic. I use downtube shifters so I have no issues with knee strike from my Silver shifters. I like bar enders for riding but they always jab me when I stop. I may end up with a hub gear bike of lighter configuration ultimately. My favorite bike as far as comfort oddly is a two speed 27" wheeled deraileurless bike with narrow randonneur drop bars and a super hard B17. The bars are 1 inch higher than the saddle. This bike just seems to fit me well and I've tired to duplicate the position on other frames without much luck. If I have a bike frame built someday I'd like to duplicate it. The fact that it weighs 21 pounds and has 32mm tires at 90 psi on the largest wheel out there might have something to do with its performance but the bike just rides nice. Finding a bar/saddle combo that works and is comfortable can be a challenge.
On Sep 15, 6:27 pm, cpatrickcummings <colinthehip...@gmail.com> wrote: > i ran the abars upside down, as suggested by some on this forum, and > thought they were awesome. what i really liked was how much more > comfortable it was gripping the curves with the bars sloping outward > down. what i didn't like was how much the barends hit my knees with > the bar that much lower. could probably just raise the stem, but that > would steal my more aero positioning. maybe thumbshifters? saw > somebody's cool thumbshifter positioning on abars along the curved > parts. that'd be different... > > cheers, > > colin cummings > amarillo, tx > > On Sep 15, 7:18 pm, alford <jalfor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've done several 40+ rides and never felt that I wanted something > > else. Lot's of hand postions. Occasionally I've wondered what drops > > would feel like on the QB, but I don't feel like the Albatross bars > > are a hindrance to riding longer distances. They are set a little > > above saddle height. As Dave N. said "great bars". > > > alford --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
