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On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 9:20:30 AM UTC-5, David Banzer wrote: > > +1 to trying the Albatross flipped over, since you have it at least. I'd > been wanting to do this with the Soma Oxford (pretty close copy of > Albatross) bar I have on a lock-up commuter. I shortened the Oxfords by > about 1-1/2" on each side. Tried it out on my ride home yesterday, > definitely more aggressive, making the grip are below saddle - mine were > slightly above in the 'correct' orientation. Not sure if I'll keep them > this way or not. I have a threadless quill adapter and appropriate length > stem, might buy some hinged brake levers so I can flip them back/forth > easily. > David > Chicago > > On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 11:49:55 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> Have you tried Albatross flipped over? I have them that way on my Bike >> Friday and like it. >> >> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 7:45:35 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: >>> >>> I have a sam and a hunqapillar. sam had mustache bars, hunq had >>> albatross. Then the hunq got albastache and the sam got the old albatross >>> bars because I figured it was silly to have 2 bikes with similar bars. Long >>> story short, the albatross bars on the sam feel way too upright for my >>> liking (and sam is my "roadyish" bike). I'm aware of all the nitto/riv >>> models, but what do people like for an all around bar? >>> >>> Looking for a couple hand positions, not fully upright, faster feeling >>> bar, mostly road riding with a little dirt. Solo, all purpose/no purpose >>> rides. >>> I haven't ridden drops since a fixed gear bike got me into bikes (and >>> away from fixed gears). I'm not super excited about drops but am somewhat >>> curious about the low rise dirt drop style bars. What's out there that I >>> should be considering? >>> >> -- 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.
