Hi Joe, Jones Loop is currently set with some ergon-style lock on grips and stock Clem levers/shifters (I think Cannondale branded grips.) I picked them up locally when I had to return another unrelated small part to the LBS. They had them sitting there with no packaging and likely take-offs from a stock build. I ended up arranging an even trade with the return part for the grips. I actually don't find the need to move my hands around as much with the Jones loop and ergon-style grips and spend most time in that wide primary spot. With the levers/shifters butted up against the grips I have the area in front of those and behind the loop weld joint to hook into when needed.
The Chocomoose now mounted on the road frame is currently sporting the stock Clem cheapie black grips and some old shimano 7speed canti brake levers with the integrated trigger shifter pods hacked off. I found myself wanting to move around much more with the Choco than the Jones bar and I think that's in part because the sharper angle and backsweep of the Chocomoose bar maybe feels less natural for me than the wide/splayed angle of the Jones which maybe just better matches my anatomy? I'm a tall big guy and have wide-ish shoulders, though wouldn't go so far as so say I'm extremely wide shouldered, if that makes any sense, so I haven't found the need to go up to the 71cm Jones bar and the 66cm seems to be working just fine. I decided to try the Chocomoose on this road frame when I scavenged the previously installed drops for another pending project and didn't feel like unwrapping the moustache bars to reinstall on a quill since they had been more recently used on a threadless set-up. I already much prefer the Chocomoose with no shifter pods (like there were on the Clem) so it's an incremental improvement thus far but seems I still wanted a full grip right where the brake levers tend to interfere. I think the difference in single speed vs the geared Clem also has something to do with this desire to micro-adjust my grip on the Choco equipped SS throughout the ride. Brian Cole Lawrenceville NJ On Monday, February 4, 2019 at 12:40:08 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > Brian, what grips do you have on the Loop? If you're using long Jones > grips with the levers mounted at the loop junction, you should have room to > slide your hands around. In my experience with that exact bar on a Clem, > regular 130mm mtb grips screw up the way the bar is designed to be used. -- 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.
