I'm thinking about these. I have the same complaints about the original Alba--too narrow and too straight back--so this looks like a good direction.
Eric On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 12:08 AM, adam leibow <a...@lightvision.net> wrote: > in case anyone's curious. i bought some billie bars, and already have some > miles on them. i didn't know these were coming out but i was checking the > site periodically for the wavie bar and found these. i'm still gonna get > the wavie bar for my hunqapillar but was happy to see these imho improved > albatross. i had swapped out drop bars for albatross on my new canti-sam, > but have always had mixed feelings about the albatross bar. i dont like how > they come seemingly directly almost straight backwards towards you, and how > narrow they feel. the billie's are better imho because they have more flair > (a bit less gnarly sweep backwards) and are noticeably wider. they also > have a way longer grippable real estate, and you can mount the brake levers > forward or backward for a longer section of that grippable portion=more > options/versatility. i chose to mount the brake levers pretty far forward, > as the billies don't curve forward before turning backward quite as much as > the alba's do, and i like my reach to be pretty stretched out. this allows > a nice, more aggressive (though still technically very upright) descending > position with brake levers in reach. and, if i'm chilling out, i can sit > back and place my hands more towards the ends of the bars, a very upright > sensation. most importantly, with the alba's i felt slightly out of control > and endured a "a-second-too-late" sensation to steer to keep up with twisty > singletrack or even road descents. the billie's width and added flair > mitigate this to a degree that makes riding offroad quite a bit more > enjoyable, while still being relaxed. so, im summary, billie=albatross+more > flair outward/wider and longer grip portion. i am a fan for sure. here's > some pics: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gW2HMHBNUEc/Wv-iKx119RI/AAAAAAAABOg/DwoZABhEnowsXkvmPyaJpgZBFAbzwvYbwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6088.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M3NniKGD9SY/Wv-iSD5HMLI/AAAAAAAABOk/k6pTQZZKnH0FlFZpLVHKcLJPDQ0mLgUVwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6087.JPG> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PO9G4Y5EKQU/Wv-iEZp5efI/AAAAAAAABOc/hqXNYvYg6rEK7s9vBCVRqtVqmG9JHq11wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6086.JPG> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
