I'm starting to think that the Redwood might be a good fit. The Monster Cross I use the drops quite a bit. The Redwood is converted to 650b with WTB Horizon tires. I use the drop portion much less on the Redwood. So maybe that might be the right bike to try it out on. Then I might need a Roadini if taller sizes are made to fill in my 'road' bike slot. A Hunqapillar with albastaches would be ideal, but it's not in the budget right now. A used one probably, but a new one probably not for a few years. Things to ponder.
On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 10:21:45 PM UTC-6, dstein wrote: > > I applaud your itch to build up a bike around a handlebar, i feel each > bike should have a decidedly different cockpit. I have an albastached on my > hunqapillar and as a serial cockpit swapper i've tried jones, map, dirt > drops, and something else I can't remember but always go back to > albastache. I feel they work on any bike you would have put drops on > because the reach puts you in an aero position like drops would, but you > also have the benefit of uprights. What about your black mountain? I like > mine on the hunq b/c its my all rounder and trail bike. Seems the Black > Mountain might fit that bill for you as well. If not I'd try and score an > XO-1 or an MB-1 or something dirt and trail oriented that I can fit wider > tires on and use for an all rounder. > > On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 6:17:05 AM UTC-8, David Banzer wrote: >> >> So I've had an itch to build up an Albastache'd bike. Might be silly to >> build up a bike only to have another handlebar option, but I'm ok with that. >> My goal is to find an older mtb as a winter project and build it up with >> Albastache bars. >> Assuming the bars work out for me, I'd like to swap things over to a >> newer frameset. >> >> My question is: >> Which frame would work well with Albastache bars assuming I want a >> semi-upright yet still a tad aggressive setup? >> As this is the Riv list, Rivendell frames obviously should be in the mix, >> but other frame suggestions are welcomed. >> >> Ideally new bike would not overlap with current bikes/handlebar setups >> which are: >> Riv Clem - Albatross >> Riv Redwood - drops, Nitto B132 >> Black Mountain Monster Cross - drops, Nitto B132 >> VO Campeur - shortened Albatross w/ inverse brake levers >> >> David >> winter project dreaming when I should be working in Chicago, IL >> >> -- 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.
