I mean, Two Inches below saddle, about 5 cm. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- 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.
