A usable position on the ramps depends a great deal on the bar's shape. I used to use Nitto 185s, with very short reach -- 9 cm -- and hardly any ramps to speak of. I switched to the Maes Parallel (I have bars in this shape from Compass and from VO), with 125 mm reach; these do provide a nice, long, and comfortable ramp which I now use very often. I've set the bars up so that overall reach to the hoods is a bit more than with the 185s, so despite the now higher bars compared to how the 185s were set, I can still get aero on the hoods; but I can also sit up a bit and cruise on the ramps. Very nice.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Sean Steinle <seanstei...@gmail.com> wrote: > To add to the number of variables we've already discussed, I stumbled upon > some articles on hand positioning for drops (http://lovelybike.blogspot. > com/2012/06/drop-bar-hand-positions-introduction.html), which have > introduced me to a hand position I haven't used much before and hadn't > really heard of, the ramps. Feel stupid for not having really heard of it > until now, but I think this may explain a lot. I always thought if people > weren't tucking in, then were either on the hoods or on the tops. When I > ride my new bike, I find my hands naturally gravitating toward the ramps, > but I kept thinking this wasn't a 'proper' position for long portions of a > ride. I kept thinking I needed to stretch for the hoods. After reading Jan > Heine talk about preferring longer reach bars and primarily using the ramps > and not the hoods, combined with the fact that this bike was built up > heavily with Jan's influence, I feel like this stem and bar length might > suit the ramp hand position more than hoods, for a rider of my proportions. > Not sure how other folks here feel about ramps vs hoods, but I'm excited to > give the ramps some miles as my primary hand position and see how that goes. > > On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 9:54:10 AM UTC-5, Sean Steinle wrote: >> >> I'm feeling a bit too stretched out on my new rando bike with noodles. It >> currently has a 110cm stem, and the bars are a good 2 or 3 cms below saddle >> height. Can't raise the stem, it's a custom job and doesn't have any room >> for extenstion. At least not that I feel comfortable with. Since it's >> handmade, there's no max height line... >> >> As I set out to buy a new stem, I'm wondering, how much shorter do I go >> on the stem if I plan to raise the bars to saddle height as well? I'm sure >> it's dependent on HA & SA, but I'm wondering if there is a ballpark ratio >> which says that raising your stem 1 cm is the same effect as shortening it >> by X. Any real world experience to help me out? When you feel too stretched >> out, do you focus on raising the bars or shortening the stem? >> >> >> -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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.
