I can confirm that the Specialized Hover bars are great, too! (They also have a version of the Hover with a flare at the drops, btw...)
Cheers! -- Liz On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 6:39:28 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > Thank you, Elizabeth; both those look very possible -- and yes, I should > have mentioned that I do want a 31.8mm clamp area. > > The Specialized website also showed these with a 15 mm rise: perhaps even > better: > https://www.specialized.com/us/en/hover-alloy-handlebars--15mm-rise-plus-flare/p/155205?color=231077-155205&searchText=21018-3044 > > I suppose all of these have 128 mm -- 130 mm drop; then the Hover with the > 15 mm rise is even better with a net 115 mm drop. Excellent. > > Nick: Thanks for referring the Fairweather, but the 2 Specialized bars > suit better. > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 3:54 PM Elisabeth Sherwood <elisabeth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> As long as you don't mind a 31.8mm clamp area and a black finish, both >> Specialized's Shallow Bend handlebar and Zipp's 70 Ergo bars have a darn >> short reach and are super comfortable. (Specialized has a round top; Zipp >> has a slightly flatter top...) The Zipps have a 70mm reach; Specialized's >> is either the same, or 75mm... >> >> I'm linking to the base-price versions... >> >> >> https://www.specialized.com/us/en/expert-alloy-shallow-bend-handlebars/p/155634?color=230897-155634 >> >> https://www.sram.com/en/zipp/models/hb-dbsc-7e-b2 >> >> If you're looking for a silver finish and a 26.0 clamp area, the only >> thing I've found to be nice is the Soma Hwy One... Would love to hear of >> others! >> >> Liz >> Washington, DC >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 5:06:34 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Is there any bar that is not more than about 44 cm at hoods, has a >>> regular hook, gives more or less a regular hoods position, and that has a >>> very short reach? And a very shallow drop? I think of replacing the >>> cut-down Aherne MAP bar with something that gives me the ever comfortable >>> hood position but doesn't stretch me out much more than the Aherne bar. I >>> realize that I can buy a shorter stem too, but I want to know what the >>> shortest reach, etc., option/s is/are. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5b14015a-357d-46bb-8436-7662e1c8e4b9n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5b14015a-357d-46bb-8436-7662e1c8e4b9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/21b9c1ce-b8c7-4a9d-bb27-fff9d49bb189n%40googlegroups.com.
