It has been several years since I rode a bike with upright bar; I think it was a pristine Schwinn Collegiate, that I wish I'd kept. At any rate, I think uprights work well on bikes with geometry suited for them, but, at least for me, feel awkward on bikes designed for drop bars. I've so converted a few drop bar bikes in my day, and this sensation has been pretty consistent -- as with drop bars themselves set up much higher than saddle.
Bars too high always feel "tippy" and awkward, and I feel as if I can't generate torque. That's why even with North Road or "Priest" bars on bikes converted from drops, I tend to position the bar low -- thus negating what is probably much of the benefit. IME, at least on certain bikes, a certain minimum forward body angle is necessary for the bike to feel right. I know that even on my Rivs, with drops ~ 3 cm below saddle, moving into the hooks gives a sensation (at least) of a bit of additional torque. But I expect that installing Albatrosses on, say, a DL-1 (if you could do it; there were brake mod kits that allowed this, using bowden cables between levers and stirrups) would be a huge improvement. And again, the Collegiate, to my recollection, felt fine with the stock "tourist" bar. On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've just gone the other direction with my Saluki, albatross to noodles. > I've played with both bars before and I'm sure I will again. > > Neither are perfect, in really enjoying the noodles right now and feel > like I've got them dialed in correctly except for not enough brake power > but the biggest difference is probably psychological. > > For whatever reason I just feel faster with the drops than without. I've > got plenty of Strava records to show the difference to be negligible if > there at all but it definitely is there in my head. The extra hand > positions and looks have new sticking with the noodles for right now. > > -- > 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.
