I saw this post - read the top comment and immediately went on my merry way. It's an opinion bias and Grant sees it's a good setup for recreational riding and makes bikes to make this easily attainable. I think there's still a strong bias that "low drop bars are for serious cyclists, high bars are not". As somebody in their mid thirties with lingering neck and shoulder injuries I can't go below the saddle - it's a fun setup. but I can't without physical harm. I'm happy that somebody has really rallied this high bars as a viable build option that works well for touring, camping, commuting etc and is building nice frames and components around that. I also don't theoretically disagree with Jan Heine's opinion on long and low rando setups can be just as comfortable. My body however, agrees 110% with Grant. 0% with Jan.
On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 6:11:57 AM UTC-6 Doug H. wrote: > If you've been following Grant's "Bicycle Sentences" on Instagram you > probably saw the one about saddle to handlebar rise. It spurred an > interesting Reddit conversation linked here: Reddit > <https://www.reddit.com/r/xbiking/comments/ubs2oy/grant_petersens_opinion_on_bike_fit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3> > > Doug > -- 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/918ad794-c55b-4d54-9872-735f4135fbe7n%40googlegroups.com.