Rene, Again, thank you for the handlebar tape!
I ran trekkers for awhile on my Atlantis and took them off. Also, back in the day (I also ran the OLD Scott AT3 bars on my mountain bike and liked them better than the trekkers). My issues with them, echo what others have said. No sweep, compromised position and crappy access to the brake levers (I even designed 'L' shaped brake levers for them and bar ends. I sold my design to Onza back in the early nineties. They were a brief fad for awhile. Even Paul Components made a version.) My default hand position on the trekkers was on the sides. The close position was way too close and I was never happy with trying different stem lengths. So they came off. I have numbness in my left hand and have tried everything to get rid of it, including three surgeries. It gets worse on the bike. The best reprieve from pain and numbness I could muster from a zillion bar changes, was to get my bars up. I run WTB Dirt Drops up high, where the bottom of the drops are just slightly below the saddle, about where the top of most road bikes bar are. This allows me to ride in the drops most of the time, and totally sit up when my hand needs a break. My perfect handlebar for my numb hands, would be carbon (for vibration absorption), shaped like the Noodle on top, but with shorter ramps and drop, and the drops splayed out like most adventure drop bars are. I tried the adjustable Modolo trekking bars, and they were horrible, really heavy. Nashbars were OK. Scott AT4's (no longer made) were too swoopy and extreme. I have no experience with the Nitto bars, but I love Nitto, so go with those! ;) I am hoping for the best for you, and hope the new bars work out. Clayton #DirtDance On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:28:33 PM UTC-7, René wrote: > > Trying to see if I can manage to get completely rid of my left > shoulder/neck pain, I've decided to try installing Trekking bars on my > Atlantis. Figuring out that I'm only going to get to do this once, I've > ordered a Nitto B825AA Touring Bar (Trekking/Butterfly style) and a Modolo > Yuma Trekking bar. I had ordered this one first, and then found out that > Nitto had a version that someone in one of the bike forums recommended as > being much better than the Modolo so I ordered one as well figuring out > that the one I don't like I can always sell, and if I don't like them at > all I can sell both. > > Reviews and online discussions show that a number of people have found the > solution to their comfort/fit problems with these bars, and that they're > very popular in Europe. Has anyone on this list tried them at all? > > While these bars arrive later this week, I put my Moustache bars on the > Atlantis with the 8cm Dirt Drop stem to see how it would fit. I had only > used them back on the Bombadil but they hurt my hands. The shorter top tube > on the Atlantis puts them at a much nicer range, but after a couple of > short rides with no tape (and no rear brake), I can't quite make up my mind > if they're going to be more comfortable than the Noodles or not. They > seemed very nice, and I liked the position with the stem at almost full > rise. > > It seems to me, based on how I felt with the M-bars, that the Trekking > bars will address the following concerns: > - Lack of straight section where the brake levers are on the M-bars > - Lack of angle on the straight sections of the M-bars that angles out > instead of being straight back > - Additional close horizontal section for fully upright riding at slow > speeds. > > I'm thinking I'm going to set the brake levers on the Trekking bars just > like they go on the M-bars instead of the usual setup on the rear (close to > the body) straight sections and I ordered a set of Paul's bar-end shifter > pods to explore where to put the shifters for optimal placement. I have > several ideas in mind, but will have to do some playing around first to see > if they make sense at all. > > Finally, since these bars are 25.4, I ordered a 10 and an 8cm Nitto Dirt > Drop stems so I can fine tune the fit and avoid using the shims on the 26.0 > Nitto Dirt Drop stem. > > I appreciate any feedback or suggestions regarding the best way to > leverage these bars to see if I can finally take care of my neck! > > Thanks to all, > > René > -- 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.
