Patrick, to give you prospective on where I'm coming from, my drop bars are typically 46cm (outside to outside) and the ones I use on all of my bikes are the Deda Zero100 and the Ritchey Logic Classique. The Albastache, being about 10cm wider, took a bit of time getting used to them but the human body does an amazing job successfully adapting to conditions if there are no underlying conditions causing negative effects.
The very first time I used them they felt awkward holding them from anything other than close to the bar ends while on the saddle. This awkwardness was specially apparent when holding them further forward while standing up to climb. BTW, when I do that I have a tendency to rock the bike, it helps me sync with the motion. Anyway, with the Albastache it felt very awkward; so much that I thought getting rid of them. Turning the clock forward from that very first time to the beginning of last week, I found my self negotiating a steep climb, I would say about 9% or so. Midway up I got up, holding the bars from the straight portion just before the hooks, and rocked the bike as I usually do to finish the climb. It felt very comfortable and very reassuring. Case and point here is, that in your case, going from your usual 38 and 42 widths to a 55.5cm I would expect your first impressions to be worst than what I initially felt. Before you make up your mind on them, my suggestion would be to give your body time to adapt and it will if there are no other underlying issues. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
