Could these loops be the ticket for racey saddlebagging? http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCEqProduct.jsp?spid=47230
If so, I might be tempted to spend $450 in saddles. (I'm a Toupe fan. It must be a mid-life crisis.) -Jim W. -----Original Message----- >From: Esteban <proto...@gmail.com> >Sent: Apr 17, 2010 7:20 PM >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> >Subject: [RBW] Re: Lower d'bars > >Nathan - I did intend to tilt the B17 forward a bit... but so far, it >feels fine. > >Esteban >San Diego, Calif. > >On Apr 17, 6:32 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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 >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > >-- >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. > -- 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.
