Sounds like you'll need two wheelsets! I swapped tires a few times the first winter I rode (studded/non-studded). I couldn't bring myself to ride with studs on several perfectly snow&ice-free days in a row. (That was before I had the 2nd bike.) I got a 2nd wheelset before too long. Swapping wheels was a *lot* less tedious than swapping tires.
Now, of course, I'll probably leave the studded-tire wheels on the Trek each year from for first snow&ice day until the last... sometime in mid/late May! :) Yours, from Chicagoland, Thomas Lynn Skean On Sep 10, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Montclair BobbyB <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Thomas! > > OK, so I'm diving in on a leap of faith... (which is how the faithful > always dive, right?) > > Before I have even received my first pair of handlebars (they're on > order), I've already purchased (from DaVinci) the full monty... the > complete handlebar swap packages for shifters and rear brake... > > I'll be shortly setting up my Bombadil with a Noodle 48cm bar/Dirt > Drop Stem/7-spd bar end shifter combo (as Setup A). Setup B will > entail swapping in a set of the Riv Bullmoose bars (in dull-brite > finish) with vintage Suntour XC9000 brake levers and Shimano Deore > brushed alum friction thumbies (for that tried and true old school > feel). I've already got several sets of bullmoose bars (old style), > but am really looking forward to riding the beautifully-sweptback Riv > version. > > Rear derailleur will be an XTR m951 on a 7-speed freewheel; the front > will be vintage m700 Deore Deerhead > > I've been talkin smack to a friend about being able to swap bars in 5 > minutes... Heck, if I can even do this within 10 minutes, that will be > phenomenal... I also may throw in a tire change as the Bomba changes > personalities (ie black Big Apples with the drops, Creme Fat Franks > with the bullmoose)... but that's getting a little ahead of myself... > I have to build up and RIDE the bike first! > > Thanks again, Thomas for sharing this... GREAT STUFF!! > > On Sep 10, 12:10 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Heh heh.... if those high quality photos exist, they were taken by >> someone who has a hillborne and four cockpits (like me!) and is a high >> quality photographer (unlike me!). >> >> Seriously, I intend to get some better shots with a real camera (my >> phone's camera is more marketing tool and photography tool). I'll >> update this thread when I do. A better camera will help. >> >> I also intend to bump this thread over the next few weeks as I update >> the page with configuration changes or additional comments written >> after I've spent more time with each cockpit. >> >> Yup, I'm using a Dirt Drop 100 on all non-Bullmoose cockpits (max'd >> out on the Moustache and Noodle, an inch or so below max'd out for the >> Albatross). I did that for two reasons: >> >> One, I really couldn't imagine that I'd *prefer* a stem with *less* >> height and/or *more* extension. You should know that my happy starting >> point was the Albatross bars on a Dirt Drop 100 (max'd out at first, >> then to my surprise I found I preferred it a little lower and >> *perhaps* further out as well), anything other than a most-height/ >> least-extension combination seemed *unthinkable* for bars with no or >> negative rise and substantially less back-sweep. I didn't want to use >> my stem extension as a starting point. Unless I'm wrong on my seat-o- >> the-pants cogitating, I imagine a Nitto 225mm-quill Technomic Standard >> with a really short (say, 80mm or less) extension *might* give more >> height and/or less extension, but that not much difference of either. >> And I thought that'd simply look too funny. >> >> Two, in the spirit of well-controlled research (ahem) I kind of wanted >> to start out with the bars (1) making a difference in the cockpit >> (variety and experimentation are goals) and (2) *being* the difference >> in the cockpit (to sort of compare the bars per se and let them drive >> the variety). >> >> Down the road, I could imagine replacing the Dirt Drop 100 on the >> Albatross bars with a max'd out Technomic Deluxe, perhaps a 9cm or >> 10cm extension. I could also imagine, down the road, using the stem >> extender with the Bullmoose bars, especially if I want to use them for >> a longer-distance (30+ mile) ride. But for now I still like the >> variety provided by the as-is Bullmoose bars. And I think the >> Moustache and the Noodles will stay on the max'd Dirt Drop 100. >> Particularly with the Noodles; I'm not anxious to re-stitch the >> leather on one side! :) >> >> Yours, >> Thomas Lynn Skean >> >> On Sep 10, 9:21 am, Earl Grey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Great post, but where oh where are the high quality photos of your >>> complete bike with each cockpit? :) >> >>> You appear to be using the same stem with 3 of the bars? Do you set >>> them at the same height? That would be interesting, as I think I would >>> want a shorter extension for a moustache versus a noodle, and or >>> greater height (Switched from comfy noodles on my non-Sam to >>> moustaches, and missed the top of the bar position/was too stretched >>> out, so I switched to some VO porteurs, and now am too upright [all >>> with the same stem]). >> >>> Gernot >> >>> On Sep 10, 12:38 am, "Robert F. Harrison" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >> >>>> Thanks for the write-up on all the different bars and how you use them. >>>> Being a stout-but-active middle-aged man myself I found it all quite >>>> interesting. I only have m-bars on my Quickbeam and am quite pleased with >>>> them but next year I'm thinking about a bike with derailleurs and your >>>> footwork will aid greatly in my choice of bars. >> >>>> Aloha! >> >>>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean < >> >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi, all! >> >>>>> (wordy... skip to the link for the main content) >> >>>>> For about a year before I got my Hillborne, I was a happy Albatross >>>>> bar cyclist. I remain a happy Albatross bar cyclist. But in my youth I >>>>> rode drop bars and liked them. Later I had also ridden mountain-bike-y >>>>> bars and liked them. Having ridden almost daily for a couple of years >>>>> now, I've gone from being a total couch-potato huffing-puffing fat guy >>>>> to being an energetic less-fat able-bodied guy. Along the way I have >>>>> discovered that almost all of my ideas about "discomfort" when cycling >>>>> were really reflecting my utter lack of general fitness. Growing more >>>>> fit made me realize I could sit this way and move that way and bend >>>>> the other way, without causing pain or feeling at risk. That is, I >>>>> started feeling even *more* comfortable on my bike, more loose and >>>>> more "able". And started thinking "you know, it wouldn't be so bad to >>>>> stretch out here, lean there, tuck in more". I began to wonder what >>>>> riding in positions besides being bolt upright might be like. And now >>>>> that I had a Hillborne frameset, surely one of the most versatile bike >>>>> platforms around, I thought perhaps I could set it up with different >>>>> handlebars to accommodate somewhat different riding styles and >>>>> positions. >> >>>>> I had, as a stout-but-active middle-aged man, become bar-curious. >> >>>>> (sorry...) >> >>>>> In case you're still reading, below is a link to my web page >>>>> describing how I satisfied my curiosity. There you'll find >>>>> descriptions, parts lists, some pictures, and general comments. And, I >>>>> promise, no puns. >> >>>>> http://tiny.cc/h1p8s >> >>>>> I really can't overstate how much I like my Hillborne. For me, its >>>>> lengths and angles have felt exactly right from the very first time I >>>>> sat on one. Putting parts on it was truly fun. And now it looks >>>>> beautiful and rides great. 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