Hi Avery I am happy to see another cockpit swapper! I swap handlebars very often.
Noodle on Dirt Drop 8cm stem <https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/14130158365/> Albatross on Nitto Technomic 10cm stem, with Dia Compe hand rests <https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/8160613734/> Bullmoose, with Dia Compe hand rests <https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/8626592972/> Bosco on Nitto Technomic 13cm stem, with Dia Compe hand rests <https://www.flickr.com/photos/77318553@N08/14771364047/> Like you, I think that drop bar looks best, and climbing is easiest with drop bar. Adding Dia Compe hand rests on other three types makes climbing much easier though. I think Boscos look best when on bikes with fatter tires. BOM by Brian <https://www.rivbike.com/product-p/staff18.htm> on Riv website looks awesome. On longer rides, Albas and Boscos are not as comfortable as I have expected. Not only my buttocks become sore, but also my hands become numb. It's somewhat surprising, since I have expected that being upright takes stresses away from my hands. I still like both of them because riding upright allows me to look at sceneries more. Also, descending not-so-bumpy roads is more fun with upright bars. Bullmoose is much comfortable than I assumed. I bought it for relatively short, rough-terrain rides. I haven't done really long rides with it, but I think I can do them. Takashi 2014年8月25日月曜日 4時44分58秒 UTC+9 Avery Wilson: > > Hello, my name is Avery and I'm a cockpit swapper.. > > I know there's many more just like me, so I'm just looking for > camaraderie, justification, etc! I've tried Noodles with a 10cm stem, dirt > drop stem, and now an 8cm stem, as well as albastache and albatross with > varying stem lengths. > > I've never been happier than when I've had albatross bars with a 12cm stem > on my 61cm Hilsen (see picture here > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/122008974@N05/15023102785/in/photostream/>), > but I swapped back to drops this afternoon because it just *seems right* for > this bike to have drops. Am I vain? Am I living in my racer past? I can > hold 18mph on flat land for 20+miles with a load in my bag while riding my > albatross bars, so its not really extra speed I'm going for. I don't know > what it is that keeps drawing me back to drops. Maybe its visual, or > aesthetic? I'm just not sure. > > Comments from other serial cockpit swappers appreciated! > -- 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.
