Just a bit on the albas and the tuck: I have toured with them quite a bit and found that on descents, I can maintain a pace with friends tucking on drops by using the normal hand positions on the albas but tucking my elbows in at my ribs. I always feel like I should be wearing a cape doing this since it probably looks fairly silly, but who cares?
On fairly straight descents where I don't plan on doing much braking, I use the very position you mention, Mark, but I feel like the issue with a "laid back" saddle is mitigated by having the pedals at about 2 and 8 o'clock, which is good for balance and stability and offloads enough weight from the saddle so the nose isn't digging into my sensitive parts. Obviously, this only applies to descending and not getting a good aero pace on flats. As for trail riding, the albas are great for stability (especially when loaded down with gear) but I have found that on steep climbing sections, I desire a bar that is more perpendicular to me so I can pull back on it while mashing up the climb. The bends on the albas are adequate enough for this, but aren't wide enough to feel really stable, in my experience. Obviously, something like the bullmoose would be better, but everything has a trade off. I dig the albas a lot, and it doesn't hurt that they're so easy on the eyes. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
