Again, the trick I've adopted for my offroad dropbar bikes is to run inverted thumbies and/or "toggle" shifters (e.g. Suntour Command Shifters) at / near / or, inboard from the brake levers. Getting the bars up high enough so you are primarily in the hooks, as one might with "bar ends" of a MTB flat bar, and everything is awesome!
Zoom in on these and you'll see what I mean: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/16989152472 https://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/16984575193 =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 5/14/15, velomann <[email protected]> wrote: > I rode Midge bars with bar-ends for a year or so. Eventually gave up > because I just didn't like the Midge and couldn't get comfortable for long > rides with them, but it may have been the frame size as well... I would > agree with others though that the length of the drop on the Midge is pretty > > short and the bar-ends really made a difference when riding in the drops - > which you're "supposed to" do most of the time on a dirt drop-style bar. I > have smallish hands, I love thumbies, but would have missed that extra real > > estate on the Midge without the bar-ends. > > Mike > > On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 7:32:35 AM UTC-7, Mike K. wrote: >> >> Morning, all. >> >> I found a set of On One Midge bars on the local CL. I'm really excited >> about them. >> >> I have a set of Silver bar ends I put on there for now, but I'm curious >> about putting thumbies on the bars instead, and was curious if anyone has >> >> experience with it. I know it's going to be a matter of personal >> preference, but does anyone have any first hand experience? I'm nervous >> about the bar ends getting banged up protruding too much for riding >> trails? >> >> Thanks, >> Mike >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
