Had a few minutes to tidy things up a bit and go for a brief ride... The Choco bars feel a touch narrow to me and the front end feels almost squirrelly compared to my other current rides. I'm thinking about mounting sideways road levers as done on mustache bars. I ended up opting for the silver shifters on thumbies, as bar ends won't work with my chosen ergon grips without some filing or odd grip positioning. I also installed the longer 130-ish stem I had vs. the initial 80-ish stem.
Here's a few shots of the initial build - still to come are cream longboard fenders and the hub area rack. At some point I need to put a standard pull rear derailleur on as the only RD I had in stock to install is a reverse pull and it makes me crazy to have to think about my shifting. File_003.jpeg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fp2AmAnZgmemRBelRucG9wZU0/view?usp=drive_web> File_001.jpeg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fp2AmAnZgmY1gtdVEzdXN6NVk/view?usp=drive_web> File_002.jpeg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fp2AmAnZgmZUxScXNLSEs3X00/view?usp=drive_web> File_000.jpeg <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fp2AmAnZgmdzlhMWZ5Z3M2YlU/view?usp=drive_web> On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Jeff Lesperance <jeff.lespera...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ack... I sold my Hilsen, not the Hillborne, dang Riv names. I've > progressed in building but not finished yet, though I expect it at least to > be rideable at some point this weekend. I'm stuck on shifter selection at > this point, options are: > > 1. Silver shifters on Paul thumbies > 2. Silver shifters on bar end pods > 3. Sunrace clicky thumb shifters > > I was set to go with the Sunrace installed upside-down under the Ergon > grip I'm using on the choco norm bar... but then I remembered I wanted the > Sunrace shifters for my Troll. I've always loved bar end shifters, and did > run them on my albatross'd Big Dummy cargo bike several years ago without > issue, but I've heard observations about bar end shifters gettin' in the > way on pulled back bars such as albatross and choco bars.... It's pretty > easy to put the silver/paul config in place, but they take up a lot of bar > real estate, being a long lever, and I want to leave as much of the choco > bar available for multiple hand positions. > > I have two stem lengths to play with - I think an 80-ish and 130-ish - I > have the shorter stem installed now, and I'll see how that goes with this > long pull back bars. > > Anyhow - ride expectations: I've owned a Hilsen and a Romulus, and still > own a Hillborne. I'm a huge fan of drop bars, Noodles are my favorite, and > I tend to set them up with long-ish reach and at or a tiny bit above saddle > height. My non-drop bar bikes right now are a Breezer beltway commuter with > Soma Eagle bar set with longer reach and at saddle height, and a Surly > Troll with flat bar set at saddle height... so - I'm not sure what to > expect. I did transport my kids on a Surly Big Dummy a few years back, and > that was the last bike I had that had a pull-back handlebar set above > saddle height - I expect a similar feel with the Rosco, without the super > long tail. > > I do intend to put low rider racks (hub area rack) with hub area bags, and > likely a Marks rack with small Wald basket. Generally speaking, with the > handlebars and positioning I've been favoring over the past few years, I've > not enjoyed riding with a basket or rando bag or anything attached to my > bar that's capable of carrying more than my wallet, cell phone and small > snack. I just don't love the handling. I expect the Rosco geometry mated > with the choco bars will work better with a high front load - though I'm > ready to just work with the HAR/HAB combo, no basket. > > -Jeff > Silver Spring, MD > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Pondero <cj.spin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Congrats, Jeff! What a fun looking bike. >> >> Wait a minute...you sold the Hillborne? >> >> Please post updates when you can. >> >> Chris Johnson >> Sanger, Texas >> >> -- >> 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.
