It's a different angle and the bar has much longer hand real estate, chopping them off defeats part of the purpose. I've ridden them at RBW and they feel different for sure. Not drastic, but different, buying the bar doesn't mean it's an aesthetic choice.
I'd say the longer stem combined with the long bar really doesn't make a difference in steering feel compared to the albatross bars, and if it does you wouldn't notice after 25 yards. And as far as whether its appropriate putting upright bars and a long stem on a bike designed for 9cm stem with drop bars that's a question for another forum, I think 50% of us are doing that and having a great time haha My quickbeam has 13cm stem with albatross bars and it's my favorite bike, and considering the billie bar because I like the angle more than the albatross. Chris Berkeley, CA On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 7:54:26 AM UTC-7, Arthur Mayfield wrote: > > > > Don't know how tall you are or what size bike, but 130mm (even 120mm) is a > pretty long stem, moving the steering fulcrum over an inch beyond design > parameters for most frames, which tend to be designed around 90-100mm > stems. Whatever, I would say you won't see much, if any, difference in > reach between the Alba/120mm and the Billie/130mm. Not sure how much > rise/drop difference there might be between the two, but raising or > lowering your current set up could easily account for height in most > cases—the beauty of threaded steerers and quill stems. > OTOH, if you really want the Billie bar for aesthetic or other reasons, or > "just because," you could probably just keep your 120mm stem and whack off > an inch or so from the ends of the bar. > -- 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.
