They look nice, along with the rest of the bike! On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:35 AM, d2mini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > After going from moustache bars to albatross bars last week, i felt > the a-bars were a bit too high (or too low if flipped). When high, i > missed the front hand/brake position of the m-bars and the handgrip > position felt a little too far back even with the longer stem. When > flipped, they were too low, even with the bars raised up really high, > and the hand position still felt too far back. > > So i got some Porteur Bars! > Only 2cm of drop. I got my forward hand/brake position back, and even > with the 12mm stem it's not too forward because the p-bars don't > extend forward like the m-bars do. The p-bar has pretty much all the > hand positions of the m-bars when the brakes are mounted at the front, > which l like better than mounted back by the bar ends. I was even able > to re-use the leather tape from my m-bars. :D > The p-bars are a little narrower but they feel great. > > Now I just want to try to find a suitable bar end mirror since I moved > the shifters to the downtube. That way I can remove the mirror from > the left side of the bars, freeing up that area. > > Here's a couple quick iphone pics... > http://d2creative.smugmug.com/photos/660282149_XNPAE-L.jpg > http://d2creative.smugmug.com/photos/660282154_NBK3N-L.jpg > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
