You offer an interesting solution and I'll seriously consider it. My issue is that I think the bars need to come back, as the bike was designed, to an area appreciably behind the head tube. What I want to avoid is the constant churn of handlebars, tape, shifters, levers...on and on. I do enjoy the bike but am kicking myself for not doing what I was told. Will said, "If you want an Atlantis, get the Atlantis. You'll wish you had." To be honest, I thought I could accomplish the "Atlantis" feel for less than what it would cost. I should know better by now.
I will say this, the disadvantage I found with the choco moose bars, aside from comfort (subjective) was that bar-end shifters make it difficult to turn at times because of how they hit your knees when you turn or maneuver. On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 10:13:33 AM UTC-6, Bob Lovejoy wrote: > > I just want to throw this in... I was working with a bike that I knew had > too long of a top tube for drop bars but still loved (a Velo Orange > Polyvalent). I set it up anyway for drops, using a Nitto dirt drop stem, > and that was ok, but just barely. The experiments continued though, > changing out the drop bars and stem with a normal Nitto stem (10cm?) and > the Map / Ahearn all round handlebars ( > http://www.benscycle.com/p-1244-map-ahearne-all-rounder-handlebar-254-silver.aspx > > ). These, for me anyway, are a true middle-ground with regards to reach, > effectiveness, and fun riding. > > I hope the sale and all goes as you want it to as it is a beautiful bike! > That said, if not, it might be worth an experiment with the MAP/Ahearn > bars. > > I have hopefully attached a couple of somewhat recent pictures of my > Polyvalent with the Ahearne bars. Just throwing it out as a possibility. > > Good luck with the sale if it comes to that! > > Bob Lovejoy > Galesburg, IL > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 9:49:07 AM UTC-6, Gossamer wrote: >> >> Not inappropriate at all. More than happy to answer. While I agree with >> the sizing methodology that RBW shares, I made the mistake in this >> instance. Will tried to tell me, and I didn't listen, that this would not >> be my best choice for a drop-bar bicycle when compared to the Atlantis. I >> ordered it with the choco-moose bars thinking I could enjoy them and simply >> cannot. I tried to put the shortest stem I can, along with a comfortable >> drop bar but it's too much of a reach. As I've gotten older, I've become >> less tolerant to little inconveniences on my bicycles. Rather than fight >> this, I'll sell it, take my lumps and do what I should have done from the >> onset. >> >> Hopefully someone will see the value in what I'm offering and buy it >> quickly. Feel free to ask other questions, should you have any. >> >> -- 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.
