You now are officially diagnose with the horrible disease of *chronicus bicyclus upgraditis.* There is no cure; you can only relieve the symptoms by buying new stuff. Go for it!
On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 2:10 PM, LeahFoy <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > A terrible thing happened this vacation. I lent my Betty Foy, the bike I > swore was perfect in every way possible, to a relative and rode my > husband's 52 Clem. I swear I didn't mean to cheat, and it was only a few > rides, but alas, I'm now feeling dissatisfied with my Albatross bars and > have an unhealthy desire to have whatever those bars on the Clem are. It's > so unexpected; as I said, it was just a few rides, but now my bars feel so > LOW. They're maxed out as high as I can put them, so what else is there to > do? I am leery of changing bars because there are all these SIZES and > MEASUREMENTS and talk of the bars being closer to you and top tube length, > blah blah. Not a language I speak. I only understand that those are > comfortable bars and I want them on my bike, but I don't know which bars > and if they will work, and it looks like a lot of work and expense to make > the swap. I've thought I may call Riv and chat with them, but I always get > starstruck and tongue-tied when I call them. > > So, I come to you. > > I have a 55 Betty with Albatross bars. > 1. Can a Bosco-type bar work? What about all this top tube talk? > 2. What is really the difference between Bosco and Bullmoose? > 3. How do you choose the sizes? > 4. Why is the Bullmoose so expensive compared to Bosco? > 5. I have a steep uphill commute home from the boys' school. Can you stand > up and pedal/climb with a Bosco bar? > 6. Am I going to mess up all the other stuff I like about the fit of my > Betty if I change bars? > > If I'm better off calling Riv, I'll do it. But if you have sage advice > prior to me making that awkward phone call, I'll take it. Ha! > > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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.
