On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to > your height not forgetting your age, weight and flexibility. > > I've got my bars 2 cm below saddle on all my bikes except the Sam Hill and the Monocog (1/2 - 1 cm higher, but far more forward thanks to the much longer tts and, on the SH, the much longer stem, with short arms for my height and 55 years to my name. I think a saddle rearward position makes huge difference in low bar comfort. I am as stiff as a board, btw -- haven't been able to get within 4" of my toes since 1995. But I find that a low position, as in the hooks of bars placed as above, makes a great difference not only in speed when you are riding a single gear into a stiff wind, but brings into play certainly muscles that you don't use otherwise. I just replaced the B17 on the Sam Hill with a NOS Turbo and the comfort improvement was striking. I now use Turbos on the highbar bikes, and Flites on all my lowbar bikes. -- 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.
