Thanks for the responses. I've always felt like the albatross bars flex very slightly and while it never bothered me, if I had a choice I would eliminate it. But not by switching away from the albatross back to moustache.
So I've wondered about switching to alba aluminum. It would seem that there would be little difference there, so I'll skip it. On Sunday, June 28, 2015 at 2:33:47 AM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I've used both versions of Alba..they feel the same to me. I've also > ridden lots of Moustache bars and would agree that they have a stiffer > feel, like the steering input from hands to contact patch is more direct. I > suspect this is due more to shape/length than material: Albas are wider, > with a long reach back to where your hands normally rest. The more space > you have between the grip area and stem, the more likely you'll get some > flex from that long lever. > > On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 11:37:05 AM UTC-7, john elliott wrote: >> >> I’m curious if the aluminum version of the bosco is slightly stiffer >> feeling than the cromoly bosco or if anyone has experience comparing the >> aluminum alba to the chromoly albatross bars in terms or stiffness or other >> factors. >> >> I have the chromoly albatross bars and before that I had the aluminum >> moustache bars. When I switched from moustache to alba I went from >> aluminum to chromoly and I do feel like the chromoly are a bit flexier. >> (but I know it’s tubing is slightly bigger sized too) and that may make the >> difference as opposed to the material change. >> >> >> I’m not at all worried about strength differences between these bars, but >> I liked the feel of the stiffness of the moustache….. >> >> >> >> Anyone have any thoughts on this? >> >> >> >> -- 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.
