Forgot to add that I’ve got a Raleigh Techniuim mtb frame, U-brake era, with rare tall and undersquare geometry, hanging on the wall for another such conversion, except that the friend to whom I gave my Monocog 29er is giving it back, so that I’ll probably build that NORBA-style 29er up as a single speed drop bar beater.
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve converted at 5 NORBA mtbs to drop bar or upright bar all-rounder > bikes and I’ve owned at least 1 pre-NORBA mtb (CyclePro) and I much preferr > the much more neutral handling of the NORBAs for a combination of pavement > and dirt riding. My brother, has who converted at least 30 NORBA and > pre-NORBA mtbs — that’s a *conservative* guess — to all rounder use, > upright and drop bars, emphatically agrees. I’ve not found it hard to get > bars higher than the saddle with long-quill stems such as the Nitto Dirt > Drop or (old days) Tioga T-bone and Salsa upjutter stems — I’ve never had > to use the other option, quill extenders. > > Some might prefer the handling of pre-NORBA bikes, but that is particular > taste and not general consensus by any means. > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 2:47 PM iamkeith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> … once NORBA ruined things, ATB bikes actually became more “road" bike >> than "mountain" bike for a long, long while. Plenty light, plenty "quick." >> They just weren't comfortable. > > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguDEDsJcMg7Ya-OvHdLbpVfn1vFizycgGnsP74Wthj6qg%40mail.gmail.com.
