Hey Ted! I’ve got a 53cm Atlantis with 100mm stem and albatross bars, and a near 0 mm stem with mustache bars on my Holdsworth. Both super different vibes, but I’m in Atlanta if you have a desire to check either of them out!
Love my Alba bars though! On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:35:38 PM UTC-4 brizbarn wrote: > I started with SimWorks Little Nick bars with a 80mm 7 shaped stem on my > Appaloosa. Decided to try Billie bars after a few months just to see if I > would like a more upright position. For me, they felt too upright, and > made pedaling hard / standing up to climb feel awkward. I put the SimWorks > bars back, but changed to a Nitto Periscopa stem and have been happy with > that. > > On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 5:30:11 PM UTC-7 Doug Van Cleve wrote: > >> I clearly too WAY too long pondering my response, Garth nailed it here >> IMHO... >> >> Doug >> >> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 4:27 PM Garth <gart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Now that I see Ted's bike the picture is more clear. the VO bars are the >>> Grand Randonneur version which is markedly different from the Nouveau >>> version. The difference in reach is 35mm, 120mm down to 85mm. I was going >>> to mention this but I assumed you had the Nouveau version. That bar or one >>> like it, as there are many shorter reach and relatively normal looking drop >>> bars these days, plus a bit more narrow width @46cm(hoods) may be enough >>> without a different stem. The Salsa Cowbell, Zipp Service Course 70 XPLR, >>> and some Ritchey versions come to mind as having 68-70mm reach and very >>> slight flares. >>> >>> see here : https://bikepacking.com/index/gravel-bars/ >>> >> -- 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/3184cd83-731d-444e-9b70-5babf72eb6a9n%40googlegroups.com.
