Those Ergons are nice. I am using the Portuguese cork grips from Riv. The cork absorbs shellac more than other cork grips. I used a very small amount of Amber shellac and got a real nice color. Of course it took me three sets before achieving this. (I donated the other nice - but not what I wanted - grips to a local not for profit bike shop run by at risk kids.
On Apr 2, 1:37 pm, "Frederick, Steve" <frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > Nice! You know what would look cool on there? Cork Ergon grips, that's what: > > http://www.ergon-bike.com/us/en/interbike2009-gp1-biokork > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of stevep33 > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:30 PM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Re: In Praise of Jitensha Bars > > Love the Jitensha bars on my AHH. Mine have Ergon grips and a stem 1cm > longer than usual.http://www.flickr.com/photos/27988...@n06/4098948581/ > > On Apr 2, 1:55 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > I like my Rock n' Road so much I am now using it as my city bike as > > well as my camper. I happened to have a couple pair of Jitensha bars > > around and they were a natural for city riding. > > > The BG stem for drops is a bit too short and low for the Jitenshas. > > Just sent an order to Bruce for a stem 2 cms longer and a bit > > higher. > > > I use Nitto Rando bars for touring. > > > On Apr 2, 12:29 pm, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > > > > Very nice looking. Did you use the same length stem? > > > > Horace. > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:22 PM, i.e. <ien...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I love my Quickbeam. I've been riding it as a daily commuter in San > > > > Francisco since I bought it last fall, with some weekend trips across > > > > the bridge and into Marin. The Beam came set-up with noodle bars, > > > > which I really like. For most of my riding, though, which involves > > > > tearing around the city and hauling groceries, I found myself wanting > > > > to try out a more upright position. > > > > > Enter the Jitensha bars... > > > > > I loved the Quickbeam before, yeah, but the new bars have taken it to > > > > another level altogether. Upright, but still fast feeling with > > > > incredible control, even with a loaded front basket. There far enough > > > > out that I can still get decent leverage when climbing out of the > > > > saddle. Anyway, if you're considering going a little swept back and > > > > upright, but don't want to go as far as the albatross bars, I highly > > > > recommend giving the Jitensha's a shot. Here're a couple of shots: > > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/gogglz/4483314830/in/set-72157623750965348/ > > > > > isaac > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > > > �...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.-Hidequoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
