All right, I'll give it a shot! I love the look and I love the feel of a skinny bar. I also suspect I'll have an easier time wrapping it (after 20 or 30 gel-cork-ish wraps, I still mess it up in different ways each time).
I'm relatively comfortable on my ride--I notice a little hand fatigue and numbness around 40 miles. I was thinking to myself today, even though it seems counter-intuitive, maybe pushing my seat BACK could shift some weight off my hands/arms into my legs/bootay? For fear of hi-jacking this thread, I'll search for the post that discussed hand pain a while back. Not that I'm suffering greatly! On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 12:39:59 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Aye, it's crazy talk. Aye, if 100+ miles is a long ride. As Steve alludes > to, if you're relying on your handlebar covering for vibration dampening > the source of your problem is elsewhere. Could be too much weight forward > or in the wrong angle/position, and a saddle and/or handlebar/stem > adjustment is in order (play around with one thing at a time, learn from > failure, so it isn't failure. Grin.) Learn to absorb shock with knees and > elbows, ride plush tires, and slap a single layer of delicious cotton tape > on there! Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 12:10:39 PM UTC-6, Hunter Ellis wrote: >> >> I'm interesting in trying cloth, but my intuition says that for long >> rides/tours there wouldn't be enough cushion or vibration dampening. Is >> that crazy talk? Do people use cloth for long rides? >> >> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 6:48:31 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >>> >>> I agree, Bill, but I already have scraps of several other colors, plus >>> I'd like to get some pocket change back to buy...more Newbaum's from Riv! >>> Also, SOLD! >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
