>From the perspective of a HubbuHubbuH owner, drop bar preferrer, upright bar skeptic.
I've got a couple of other bikes set up with Albatross bars, tried different flavors of mustache bars on different bikes over the years. I've never found myself comfortable for more than an hour and downright uncomfortable for anything longer than about 50 miles or 3-hours. I have an older Trek T200 that I have ridden with both drop bars, and most recently setup with Albatross and it's *okay*, never been an extraordinarily comfortable bike for me, despite it's similar fit dimensions to other single bikes. When I ordered the HHH, I figured... "what the heck" and started with the upright Bosco bar thinking I would someday convert to drops if I hated it. I have to honestly say, I think I REALLY like the upright bars on the HubbuHubbuH. I took a long tour this summer on it with my two daughters and spent MANY hours in the saddle and didn't ever experience any hand and/or arm discomfort, I was shocked. My biggest anxiety prior to the trip was concern that I'd get down the road on something like day 2 and *hate *the handlebar... This stuck in my head prior to leaving, even more than the concerns I had about heading off for a week fully loaded with my daughters. The geometry images http://hubbuhubbuh.tumblr.com/ may not be the final geometry(?), but do indicate LONG top tube reach designed for an upright bar. Maybe one of those dimensions would fit with your sweet spot.I realize that my experience and upright bar proselytizing may not convince you to drop a big chunk of money on something you don't like. I will offer this, if you find yourself in the Twin Cities area... contact me off list and I'd be happy to make arrangements so that you can go for a test ride on my size Medium <https://flic.kr/p/XFW4Zs>. On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 10:52:49 AM UTC-6, Harald Kliems wrote: > > Hi everyone: > This is my first post in the group -- some of you may recognize my name > from the iBOB or 650B lists, though. I am not yet an RBW Owner. But I am in > the market for a tandem, and the HHH seems like a wonderful option. The > only major concern I have: Will I be able to set it up with drop bars? My > goal here is not to make it racier or something like that; it's just that > my wrists do not get along with anything that's not a drop bar. I was > wondering if anyone here has set up their HHH with drop bars and how they > like it. Looking at the geometry charts, I don't see any obvious issues (I > am 6'5" and therefore the larger reach of drop bars may actually be a > positive). But I'm by no means a tandem expert and I'd be curious to hear > some first-hand experiences. Or well-informed opinions. > Thanks, > Harald in Madison (WI) > -- 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.
