Thanks to all who answered! I have found your answers quite interesting and they clearly show how individual bar comfort is, almost as much as saddles (and I would call my Dream Bars the B17 of bars and my first DB replaced my old Cinelli - slightly more narow - which also is a classic). Regarding the Noodles my problem has not as with some others been the ramps but the corners and the part near the clamp where the Noodle has its backward curve. The same regards randonneur bars, I´ve yet to find one I like. Things are changing though, I had Riv´s Dirt Drops on my Heron used for loaded camping and commuting with bars a bit higher than saddle and Sprint/Silver barends and found that combo comfortable. After koosing 20 pounds I ride my Dreams a lot in the drops - and like it - and prefer down tube levers (or as Grant read in an intervue transcript described in an old Reader ' Don´t You Believers'). Used the drops of the Dirt Drops a lot as well but they were more shallow and with bars higher still gave a more upright position, bars are now level with saddle and deeper. The width of the Dirts was good, but I ride 46 cm Dreams (and is 6'1.6").
But, YMDV. Interesting. Olof Stroh Uppsala Sweden -----Original Message----- From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of drew Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 7:53 AM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: Re: Noodles uncomfortable? Was: [RBW] Re: Nitto M151F bar story behind it on all those riv builds lately? I love my noodles, though I don't go into the drops that often and am mostly on the brake hoods. I'm intrigued by dirt drops, but Do you lose some of the comfort of the hoods position when the levers are angled inward like that? -- 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.
