I'm in for a Hillibike in a Gus flavoring. YES on the hopes of dropbars on it. Either 48 Noodles or the 52 Dirt Drop bar. What's the ETT on Gus?
On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 7:09:28 AM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Depending on when the pre-order opens, I plan to have funds available for > one of the new Hillibikes. For various reasons, I have been mulling over > the idea of running the bike with the nice wide pair of 48 Noodles I've had > kicking around since dismantling my old Kuwahara. Coincidentally, the > latest Blahg post features the Zero stem from Analog and Riv's experiment > with installing a stem backward. > > Eventually I see my Hilli with an upright Riv bar, whether the bullmoose > Bosco in my parts bin or some other flavor. But as I still do the majority > of my longer rides with drop bar bikes, I thought it would be fun to set > the bike up this way for a while. I might even try to configure it so I can > swap the bar and stem with a minimum of hassle so I can change around when > the situation warrants. I haven't done the calculations, but to mimic the > reach on my road bikes, I assume I will need to bring the bars in quite a > bit on this bike to take back some of the top tube territory, and one of > the Analog stems should get me in the ballpark. > > Anybody else contemplating a drop bar for their Hillibike? I think a few > folks have tried the zero stem, but can't recall if it was here or iBob. > Now I just have to figure out whether the zero or the 30 (or a reverse > stem!) will work best for me, as it's a pricey piece of kit. > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a1ac7f3c-36d0-4aad-8afb-a9a3c0670328%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
