That Hilsen looks really nice and those bars are interesting. These new Surly bars look really good. I wish I had known about these before putting my albatross bars back on my Surly CC which I use for commuting. The albatross bars are really nice but these look better. Seems like they'd be perfect for a Bombadil.
http://surlybikes.com/parts/open_bar/ --mike On Sep 25, 6:41 am, Seth Vidal <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:35 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. > > Those look great! Glad you found some bars you're happy with. > > -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
