Tom, on neither the Bosco nor the Billie have I had problems with hitting my knees in practice, even with the long bar end shifters. Both bars are wide enough it's easy to keep my knees inside them during normal turning range stuff. If I'm trying to do a standing 180 to reverse directions because I'm too lazy to dismount I have to be careful then, but I feel that's a pretty special consideration sorta thing. They also as I have them setup _just_ clear the top tube if the front wheel flops while parked, so, woo.
A week of riding in now and it still amazes me how different a bike can feel by only changing the handlebars. I think I gave up a little climbing comfort, and the Billie isn't quite as perfect when riding en danseuse as the Bosco was, but I like the slightly more aggressive posture since it lets me properly rest some of my weight the way I like to, and it keeps my hips rotated at all times in a way where I feel a lot more connected to the bike through turns and descents, so, that might be a good set of trade-offs. -- 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.
