I guess I should have made a disclaimer I am not looking for tips on fit or technique. As Patrick mentioned I am just actually generally interested in your physical adaptation of physical technique with evolving bicycle geometry.
I love the clementine. It's the best climbing bike ive owned, and the fore - aft gives a lot of position variety. I am not going to gain any KOM's but I love the stability and traction for steep and loose climbing vs normal geometry. with my sized up clem jr i do find more ability to stand, but dont feel strongly it's necessarily better for climbing, but its kind of comparing oranges and grapefruits. On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 2:48:46 PM UTC-7 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Mackenzy — I find it uncomfortable to pedal out of the saddle for more > than a few strokes with my hands in the primary grip position on swept back > bars. With a grip in the 'hooks' of the bars on Albatross, Billie or Ron's > Ortho bars it's no problem for me. I've installed Boscos on a bike I built > up for a friend and found that the secondary or hooks position ahead of the > levers was not very good for climbing or spirited riding. > > I would think given the height of your bars, the tilt of your bars making > the grip almost parallel with the ground and the general shape of Boscos > that climbing out of the saddle would be uncomfortable and a little > unnatural. > > I see you have your stem pretty low, do you wish for lower bars? If so you > might consider the Losco or the Billie, they're both plenty wide with lots > of sweep back but much less rise. > On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 3:08:56 PM UTC-4 DavidP wrote: > >> Hey Damon - It's a Nitto UI-12 quill stem. This is a welded cromo, -19 >> deg, 31.8 clamp, removeable faceplate stem. Not quite as nice and >> definitely not as tall as the brazed Nitto faceplate stems (CR60-3F) that >> Riv stocks, but my fit didn't need the extra height and I liked the look >> and reach of a horizontal stem extension. >> >> I've attached a closeup photo of the stem and bars (taken during the >> build, before the shifters were cabled). Note the stem height is just about >> max'd where I have it and many will want something with more rise. >> >> -Dave >> >> On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 12:21:48 PM UTC-4 lconley wrote: >> >>> I have not felt comfortable standing on the pedals in many years. I sit >>> and spin regardless of the type of bike. On a single speed, I will dismount >>> and walk when the slope is too steep - not often the case in Florida. >>> >>> I seem to remember a top cyclist from years ago advocating for sitting >>> and spinning, but I cannot remember who it was. >>> >>> Laing >>> >> -- 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/ee425eeb-10c6-4a3b-8440-5dc444dd7a93n%40googlegroups.com.
