Riding SW and NE return, winds varying from South to SW to West at 18 to 20, gusts 21-26.
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On May 15, 2025, at 3:03 PM, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In my experience over the years one of the most perfectly designed road >> bars made was the Ritchey BioMax Pro. It has very shallow drops and >> instead of the drops having a continuous bend these have a "reverse bend" >> where the outward curve is normally located. >> >> This is definitely a case of everyone having different needs and >> preferences! >> >> The most perfectly designed road bars, IMO, are the Nitto 177 Noodle, >> which Grant developed over a few iterations (175, 176, 177). >> > > Nope. The Maes Parallel with ends level with ground — or at least, ends > parallel with very slightly upsloping top tube (OK, Bill?). > > For *me* of course. > > They have long ramps and a relatively shallow drop (125 mm and 115 mm) and > while the Noodles were very nice, I’ve found the MPs give me longer ramps > and a shallower drop with my preferred lever positions, and I prefer them > for pavement and dirt roads and non-tech trails. > > On my ride just now I spent 12 or 13 miles in the drops/hooks, > continuously except for tight turns and passing other cyclists, elbows > slightly bent. Not as comfortable as the ineffably comfortable hoods, but > not a strain either. > > Agree with the “play the piano” on the tops metaphor. On my road bikes the > tops are ~3.5 cm cm below saddle, on the dirt road bike ~0.6 cm below > saddle but on a 10 cm instead of 8 cm stems. > > Each to his or her own, of course. I’d no more insist that drop bars are > better absolutely than other bars than I’d insist that steel is better for > frames than other materials, absolutely. > > > >> One of the main benefits of drop bars is to allow a variety of positions, >> ranging from very upright to very low, for those who are lucky to be >> flexible enough to use that full range. The large-radius bend and slight >> rise upward in the upper bend make for a few hand positions at the top and >> a perfect place for the palm behind the brake lever. A very slight cant >> clears the drops of the tops, and I’ve never had any discomfort from flat >> drops that are angled so my wrists are neutral. The large amount of drop >> (not compared to standards of 50 years ago, but gigantic relative to what’s >> offered today) means that when I’m in the hooks with my forearms parallel >> to the ground, I’m as aero as I’m going to get, while the tops are even >> with the saddle and I can “play piano” up there (as I think Eddy Merckx >> described?). >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs6W2QLYozVWr1NVpmeavEBafDLCNtW_OhwVdntT1hiSA%40mail.gmail.com.
