The Jitensha bars work great, but if you want higher/wider, go with the MAPs. MAPS are more versatile as you can run your stem lower if they're too high, and even cut them down if too wide.
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 7:39:16 AM UTC-7, Scott McLain wrote: > > I am in my late forties and am starting to feel my back getting more sore > on and off the bike. So I have been messing around with different bars. > I'm doing it on my non-quill trucker so it is pretty easy to swap stuff > around. I am not sure I like the hand position on the albatross, meaning > that I am not sure I like the large amount of sweep. > > I wanted to try a bar with less sweep like the Jitensha or the Ahearn MAP > bar. I also noticed a heron bar on the blue lug site which is like the > Jitensha . I like the idea of a little rise which the Jitensha doesn't > have. I would use the bike for riding around town and commuting. I would > possibly do an extended tour with this bar also. > > Anybody have any pros and cons or experience with a different bar? Any > input on a nice width? The Jitensha (Nitto 2552) is 570mm and the Heron > (Nitto B354) is 630mm. > > Best, > Scott > -- 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.
