Thanks, William. Sounds like I should contact you first if (when) I decide to sell my Noodles.... :)
Peace, BB On Dec 3, 12:50 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Genetic, perhaps in the metaphorical sense. I was born and raised a > drop bar guy as a kid in the late 70's early 80's. When I first saw a > mountain bike at the bike shop with bullmoose bars, I thought it was > kind of goofy. Appealing and novel in its goofiness, but goofy (I was > 12). I've owned, by my count, 11 different bikes with straight bars > of various kinds, and I've never thought of any of them as anything > more than novelty bikes in my stable. My Bombadil I set up with drop > bars to start. When the longer reach bullmoose bars came available > and when Jay offered to get them powdercoated to match my frame, I > gave them a try. I like them, a lot, but it would be a stretch to say > I love them. I do love the Bombadil, though. I love the bike enough > that I'm motivated to get proper drop bars on it, so it can be a > 'real' bike for me. I'm planning it out that the bullmoose bars will > be an alternate configuration, but all paths always lead back to drop > bars for me. > > On Dec 3, 9:37 am, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I fear this may be like asking my kids "Who do you like better, Mom or > > Dad?"... I am seeking insight, not seeking to incite... but I'll put > > it out there for discussion anyway. > > > I've set up my Bombadil to quickly swap between my drop bars (48cm > > Noodles) and my flat bars (Nitto Bullmoose 150mm ext). I really want > > to like the drops, but I can't even compare the comfort and > > functionality of these to the Bullmoose (which are simply awesome). > > > Admittedly I've never been a huge fan of drops, except on my skinny go- > > fast SS I can't imagine anything but... In this case, though, where I > > take my Bomba everywhere, including off-road, down stairs, etc... I > > feel under any circumstance I'll have full control and comfort with > > the Bullmoose bars, but not nearly with the Noodles. > > > Is this a genetic thing? You either gravitate to drops or you > > don't? Or am I just not giving the drops a fair shake here? I don't > > want to immediately rush to judgment and get rid of the Noodles, but > > it feels like I'm completely sold on the Bullmoose. > > > I've got a 2-day tour coming up this weekend, so I'll give the > > Bullmoose bars a proper distance and mixed terrain test...- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
