Understood, and I suspect many of us could say "been there...". The Appaloosa's just take the long top tube, and chain stays for that matter, to new territory, which is certainly not bad but, yeah, wow!
If you still have the stock levers and shifters from the Choco Moose setup, it seems they would would work on the Ahearn bars, though I have not checked. The other good news is that at least the M/A bars do not need bar tape, just grips, so they are a little easier to deal with. That said, I do know changing bars (repeatedly) on a bike is a real pain, no matter what. Again, good luck with the sale - or the experiment! I will say I know people with Atlantis' will confirm that they are a pretty magical combination of things, not easily matched. Best to you, Bob On Monday, February 27, 2017 at 11:05:40 AM UTC-6, Gossamer wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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.
