Hello Max! Nice Bombadil and great photos.
For the bullmoose, I find that ergo grips (ergon or anything with a paddle under your palms) help with the position. Maybe worth a try? Cheers, John On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 6:11:20 PM UTC+2 maxcr wrote: > The weather is turning and I finally "finished" my Bombadil build. It's > not quite finished because I'm not 100% sure I'll keep the Bullmoose > handlebars - they are very stiff which is great, but the angle isn't ideal > for my wrists, we'll see but I think the Jones bar is more comfortable for > me. I might also explore a super wide drop from Crust called the Nullabar. > I'm also curious about some drivetrain changes, more on that in a future > thread. > > I acquired the bike in January from a fellow in California who didn't seem > to be riding it much. This is how it came: > > [image: bomba2.jpg] > > I've started feeling more comfortable wrenching on my bikes (thanks Jason > for the encouragement!) and did all of the work myself - ordering some > parts from Riv, BlueLug and Crust. You've seen some pics over the last > couple of months, but I want to officially introduce it in its new > iteration. > > Yesterday I went out on a mixed terrain ride, first some pavement before > arriving to the Middlesex Fells, a reservation with lots of trails and bike > friendly gravel - I started following this route from UrbanDirt > <https://www.urbandirt.org/routes/you-lost-me> (pretty cool site with > hubs in a few cities) but didn't finish it because i had to get back home. > They have some really cool Ride-with-GPS routes you can follow, highly > recommended. > > [image: IMG_9934.jpeg] > > After getting to the entrance of the Fells, I started thinking that > perhaps this wasn't ideal for my slick tires and fenders. Many of the > trails had big rocks and require you to dismount and walk (see below) but I > guess that's part of the fun so I kept going. > > [image: IMG_9918.jpeg] > > [image: IMG_9923.jpeg] > > I walked up the slope and then started riding a winding gravel path with > some smaller rocks. There were some wet / muddy patches but overall it was > all very enjoyable and the bike handled great. > > [image: 4EEC3310-9B05-419E-9A9D-3B2F0A9E8D1D.jpeg] > > [image: IMG_9930.jpeg] > > I think the cockpit is ideal for this type of riding, which leaves me > wishing the wrist position would be an issue. I'll give it more miles > before deciding what to do. > > I had to lower the bar quite a bit from my initial position because I > wanted to use my Rod Steward (Pec Deck v2) and if I had the bars higher up, > it just wouldn't reach. I'll take it off and try with the bars higher. It's > also very close to the Paul canti arms, so maybe not the best fit for this > build. > > [image: IMG_9935.jpeg] > > When I stopped following the route and started following my GPS to get > home, I ended up going through some areas that weren't very bike friendly - > after the photo below. I had to carry the bike up a slope and ended up in a > place with huge rocks. Once I crossed I rode a bit more and hit the main > road which brought me back home. > > [image: IMG_9941.jpeg] > > All in all, the bike was amazing throughout the 13.5 mile ride. I feel > incredibly lucky to have found this rare 2TT on my size! Can't wait to go > out again. > > Max near Boston. > -- 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/99052db9-d759-4e8e-bbd7-af2390e0a8fan%40googlegroups.com.
