Just rode it for an hour on dirt except for a mile or so of pavement. Bar too low; need an upriser stem of about same length to get bar higher and a bit closer. Higher and closer, the 54 cm will be pretty just-right, tho' my left palm has always started tingling after 2 to 10 miles, depending on the type of "anything-except-drop" bar. BUt after 11 miles, my palm is just starting to tingle. I'll replace the stem, then if that does not suffice, consider a bar with some fore/aft bend.
WTB Rangers (3") are quite nice! The outer knobs rub delicately on the chainstays when I corner of hit a hard bump, but this is a beater, and I am sure that those stays are not .4mm thick. Let 'em rub! The Rangers roll relatively fast on pavement (sure, the gear is only 64" and the crankarms are, I think, 180s, but still, compared to other knobbies, these do seem to roll fast -- better, even, than the nice Maxxis Ikons that I installed on my erstwhile late-Santa-Cruz-era (1996) Bontrager Race Lite. I am chuffed! And the fatness (sounds like the KJV) just makes the ride plush and smooth, even if slow and somewhat plodding; it's *nice* plodding. On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 3:16 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. No, no sharpie; perhaps a previous owner did? I haven't seen a > name. > > This just in! Bar was originally 76 cm, I trimmed it 4 or 5 times, now > it's 54 cm and almost narrow enough. But because of the bulge to 31.8, the > levers can't move inward any further, and I like the grips. > > Narrow is Nice! > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM Earls61 <ragl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nice! That would be a great winter bike here in the snow lands! Did you >> sharpie out the name on the down tube? >> >> Robert Alan >> Ohio >> >> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:32:18 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I want to compare the ineffable beauty of my new Monocog with that of >>> Leah's Platypus. Mine wins by a mile. I'm really serious. >>> >>> I traded this for the 2003 26" wheel Curt Riv Road custom, so it's on >>> topic. >>> >>> Seriousness aside, I just had the original rear tire replaced -- I >>> swear, 5 lb; the casing felt and looked like a car tire! -- so that both f >>> and r are WTB Rangers set up tubeless. The bike lost 2 lb from the tubes >>> and that massively heavy tire, this with the sealant in the new setup. >>> >>> I also cut the bar from 76 cm to 57 cm, raised the saddle and shoved it >>> back, and flipped the stem "up". Far more comfortable, far easier to pedal >>> -- on the inaugural ride it felt like a 90" gear with a 135 mm crank on >>> flat tires with brakes dragging. >>> >>> It's now fun to ride, though only if you keep "just ride" in mind; it's >>> not a bike to try to go fast on. >>> >>> Off for bosque ride. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb86810f-d1b6-4587-9ff1-b569772d9d59n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb86810f-d1b6-4587-9ff1-b569772d9d59n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgukfeq6h_Vz2Q-xtkz8BYT%3D0APq0%2BO4KLeXTqEGY-8kOg%40mail.gmail.com.
