Regarding grips OR bar-ends: you can use the cork grips from Riv with bar-end shifters; just make sure you get the ones that are pre-punched and grooved for that purpose: http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/gt5be.htm.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Jon Craig <modemmisu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the detailed answer! (And yes, we're both LOVING our Sams! > Truly amazing bikes.) > > The Albastache looks good and I'm really thinking about it. It would be > just the bar for me, since I have a Samcomplete, which has barend shifters > that will go in the barend position on that bar. But I still wonder about > moving them to the stem or downtube and putting some nice grips on instead. > O_o > > > On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 11:11:46 AM UTC-4, Surlyprof wrote: >> >> Jon, >> >> First of all, congratulations on your double Sam purchase. If you and >> your wife have not completely fallen in love with the bikes already... you >> will! I bought my orange canti-Sam new-to-me on craigslist. It came with >> Albatross bars wrapped with leather Brooks tape (cream-colored... or so I >> thought), bar end shifters and Paul mountain levers ( >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129545862@N03/16372487184/in/dateposted-public/). >> Felt great for cruising around unracing but I found that I was riding the >> fronts of the bars a lot seeking a little more aggressive riding position. >> I also noticed that the bar end shifters occasionally hit my knees if I >> wasn't careful. I had once had mustache bars on a Surly Cross Check and >> loved them. This lead me to bite the bullet and buy Albastache bars. It >> was a decent sized investment. The Albastache purchase required buying a >> new 26.0 stem that is 3cm shorter than the Albatross stem, new road levers >> (bummed to let go of the Pauls) and new cables. Roughly $250. Final >> assessment... totally worth it! I love this set up ( >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129545862@N03/24621117222/in/dateposted-public/ >> and >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129545862@N03/17290439362/in/dateposted-public/)! >> It doesn't provide as upright position as the Albatross does but it does >> provide enough for me. I love the more aggressive riding position that >> gives me all the forward lean I want from a bar (less than drops). >> >> I've kept the Albatross bars, Paul levers and 25.4 stem in case I ever >> want to change things up again but the Albastache is here to stay for the >> foreseeable future. Even better than my old mustache bars. Great on road, >> great on trails. The only other bars I'd consider now are the Choco Norm >> which seems to provide the forward position as well as a more upright >> position than the Albastache. I'd probably have to use thumbies so my >> knees don't hit bar ends. As for the leather tape, I removed the >> creme-colored Brooks tape only to find out it was burgundy tape that had >> faded! I transferred my honey Brooks tape from another bike to match my >> saddle. This is the third bike I've had this tape on. It has held up >> beautifully and has even been torn in a crash. Since it only cut it >> halfway through, I reinforced it with Gorilla tape underneath and rewrapped >> it in the other direction so the cut was covered. Still going strong for 6 >> or 7 years and comfy. I just use saddle goop on it occassionally ( >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/goo13-big.htm). >> >> Enjoy your Sams. >> John >> >> On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 3:28:59 AM UTC-7, Jon Craig wrote: >>> >>> How many out there installed a 'stache bar (Mous or Alba!) on their >>> Sam? Did you keep the existing bar-end shifters? Or move them to the stem >>> or downtube? I'd love to see pics of different setups - and more >>> importantly hear about how well they worked out and what you like/liked >>> and/or don't/didn't like about it. >>> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
