Love the flipped Sparrow bars - has a good old-school feel to it. Have you tried the Ergon grips designed for the swept-back bars (GC1 I think)? Not sure there's all that different from the standard ones, but I really like them on a MAP/Ahearne bar mounted relatively far and low as a compromise vs a drop bar configuration.
On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 10:03:51 AM UTC-8, Les Lammers wrote: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z0ItRFS4YkQ/WFGEq2wpDwI/AAAAAAAAAL4/s_cUzEdBLZMzJs3fMD6An_oA8hO0Lsm-wCLcB/s1600/Chev%2B2.jpg> > I was looking for an all around bike about 9 years ago. Not much out > there. Stumbled on Riv. Took a chance and got a Bleriot. The 650B's were > calling me. I still love it. This spring I pre-ordered a gray Chevoit and > it's now built. I initially had Choco norm bars but they were a bit too > upright so I decided to try 52 CM Soma Sparrow bars. I flipped them > and added Ergon cork grips. The saddle is presently a bit below the bars. > Stem is a Nitto Technomic 60mm. Using Paul Thumbies but may go to the IRD > stem shifters to clear the bars a bit. Tires are 650B Panaracer Messenger > 42mm. They measure 41mm on Velocity Synergy rims. Not at all bad for a $30 > tire. Saddle is an older B17 that I sent to SA to have a cut out done. > Installed a Nitto R14 on the rear. A Nitto M18, back ordered, and small > Wald basket will go on the front. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IZlYtGvfbwE/WFGH78ff4TI/AAAAAAAAAMA/Pp2DP8FMILcQ51ip51-A088O_oLC5FhlwCLcB/s1600/Chev%2B3.jpg> > I like the Sparrow bars and the Ergon grips are very comfortable. The > cockpit is upright but not too much so. This is my first non drop bar bike. > Why did I wait so long? I need to do a long shakedown ride and will post > afterwards. > -- 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.
