I'll add in here, I've never tried an Alba, but I've never had a bike with a top tube long enough for it. Most Riv frames would be perfect with Albas. Two that I'm a huge fan of are the original Moustache and Ahearne Map bar - both on shorter-top-tube frames. Moustache was my first, about ten years ago, when I could no longer find a comfortable position over my long GB stem and Maes bars. For both of these bars, good reach measurements and choosing the correct (usually short reach) stem is everything. To get a Moustache in the right place, reach on your stem should be 2 inches shorter than what you use on drop bars. They also don't grab in the intuitive place.
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/700c/aaP7140005.jpg> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/b656e281-c367-4503-9204-7644ba6d7516.jpg> The 3 best positions are finger-stretch from the brakes (only center your hands on the brakes when you're about to use full brake),way outside for added control, and especially on the wide hoods for distance. <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/8d155460-5077-43ad-92a0-e50db00a6768.jpg> <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/salado/6c43dac5-fb9a-40c3-b0ef-aa15024ea7cd.jpg> I'll add about Map bars - properly set up, they are the most relaxed I've ever had my hands - hooked just in front of the grips is my favorite position, and grabbing the grips for extra control. On Monday, May 15, 2017 at 7:55:58 PM UTC-5, Broccoli Cog wrote: > > Thanks for all of the thoughtful feedback everyone. Tonight I raised the > bars on my current set up to see if that makes a difference. I came up a > full 2 cm's while still remaining below the min insertion line. I am going > to try to ride the bike this way for a while to see If that makes a > difference with my neck pain. If that doesn't work I think the Albastache > would be my first choice. I think it might be a good compromise between > drop bars and upright. I also think these bars would look awesome on my > Sam! I also think this would be an easier transition with my current > cockpit set up. I could keep the current stem and road brake levers that I > already have. If I switch to the Albatross I would want a new stem, new > MTB style brake levers and possibly extra long cables for my tall sized > bike. A little more money then I want to spend on this experiment that I am > currently obsessing about. > > On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 5:01:17 PM UTC-4, Broccoli Cog wrote: >> >> Looking for thoughts from those of you who have switched from drop bars >> to something more upright such as the Mustache or Albatross.Why did you end >> up switching and what was the outcome? >> >> -- 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.
