bullmoose on my hunqpillar. incredibly stiff under torque, since it's all integrated as one piece. great out of the saddle, too. necessary to stand up sometimes to keep momentum over steeper hills around here.
wish i could get them a bit lower, but that's probably not a problem for most (and maybe i should be on a 58, not a 62). for that reason, I'm considering a woodchipper or otherwise. but wow, put some weight up front and just feel those bars offer rock-solid stability. ~erik On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:28 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM, 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. > > > > For me, too. I'm curious what sort of bars you have on your Bombadil? > I find that the Noodles, which I don't like for road (when lower than > saddle i find the ramps too obvious), are excellent when considerably > above the saddle and considerably further forward than drops on my > road bikes. The I can use the hooks for smooth surface cruising, as on > the hoods for a road bike, and have upright postions on ramps, hoods > and flats for rough and steep surfaces. (I don't set them up they way > most off roaders do with dedicated off road drips like the Midge, to > use the hooks almost all the time with hoods, ramps etc negligible.) > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.com -- 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.
