I have 'em on my AHH, and I love them. But I'm not hard to please on handlebars -- many feel great to me, including wide Noodles and narrow old Nittos and Cinellis. And Moustaches, and Albas, and Bullmeese....
________________________________ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Khalid Mateen Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:47 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Handlebar setup Anyone try th Grand Bois randonneuring handlebars? Heard they are pretty good. K. On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 8:02 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com<mailto:charles_v...@hotmail.com>> wrote: I have the Nitto Rando bars also and will use them on my New Simple One......just keep in mind that at the hoods they are much narrower. I think mine measure something like 38 or 39 cm. I like mine just fine and have about 3000 miles on them. I do also use a Noodle bar on my geared bike but its a 41cm so I like a narrower bar regardless. I don't ride in the dirt much so I don't need the wider grip on my road bike. On May 15, 4:44 pm, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com<mailto:neurod...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Zaella, > > I just got a 45 cm Rando bar to put on my pending SimpleOne, and will prob > use a 10cm dirt-drop stem (lifts it higher). > > I've hated drops for the most part, and never gotten use to them, due to my > long torso and shortish arms - always felt too forward/down even with an > otherwise perfectly fitting stem. I love mustache and relatively straight > bars (like bullmoose) for that reason. > > Bit I got the Rando's for the same reason you are considering them - to try > some shorter drops. > The 45's don't feel huge at all - because of the flared drop, they are not > only much shallower than a noodle of the same width, the "flats" area is also > smaller to make room for the flare. E.g I doubt you will find the 45s to big. > > It'll be a few weeks before I actually mount them on a bike, but i'll let you > know what i think once i do, if you are still curious. > > Best, > Andrew > > On May 15, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Zaelia wrote: > > > > > > > > > Discussing bicycles in particular; it has been my experience that > > there are a lot of strong opinions out there about what is right or > > optimum. Personally, I think that it is whatever works for the > > individual. There are so many styles and purposes of riding, it's not > > hard to see that a one-fits-all formula isn't possible, even though I > > sometimes wish someone could just give me a magic number and > > everything would click into place. > > > Next, I guess I have to admit that a lot of this stuff is Greek to me. > > I'm learning, but it's slow going. > > > So with that in mind... > > > I've been to my LBS for a bike fitting (a multi-visit process) and we > > first took care of the basics, pedals and saddle. Things have > > improved. I have almost no hand or foot tingles any more, and knee > > pain is gone, for example, but I'm still experiencing shoulder and > > neck pain. I definitely feel as though I'm bunched up up top, like my > > shoulders are too close to my ears. In a recent visit, we determined > > that to start I should get a longer stem. Currently, my Hilsen has an > > 8 cm (80 mm) Nitto Technomic stem. It was suggested that, without > > changing my handlebars, I get a 10 cm (100 mm) stem. > > > It was also suggested I get a handlebar that has a medium to shallow > > drop since I admitted to almost never riding in the drops because it > > feels too uncomfortable. I've got a 42 cm (420 mm) Nitto 115. The > > fitter, very keen for me to get an anatomic bar that he thought was > > perfect for me, pulled out a black aluminum bar and repeatedly told me > > that I would not find anything like this in the "retro style". I > > suppose he meant the angular or shaped-curve drops of the anatomic > > bars, but I also had the feeling he was saying I wouldn't find > > anything with a medium to shallow drop. > > > At home on my computer, I looked at various Nitto handlebars on a > > couple of websites (Riv, Peter White, and Harris Cyclery) and I saw, > > for example, that the Nitto 135 Randonneur has a shallower drop at 120 > > mm compared to my 115 at 140 mm. It has a slightly longer reach at 105 > > mm compared to my 100 mm, but has basically a "similar construction > > and finish to model 115" (Harris Cyclery). I'm assuming this "similar > > construction" means it has a 25.4 mm center as well, though the > > website does not specify. > > > So, I'm thinking about getting the Randonneur bars and trying them out > > with the new, longer stem. I'll get the improved reach with the longer > > stem and a shallower drop for better shifting and increased options > > for hand positions. > > > The last thing is handlebar width. I've read quite a bit about going > > for a wider handlebar width. Again, the fitter had different ideas. > > Ironically, he could see how maybe my working at a computer for many > > hours a day could cause some back problems but did not see that having > > a narrow (shoulder width) bar could do the same. The Nitto 135 > > Randonneur only comes in 2 sizes on the Harris Cyclery website (42 and > > 45 cm), so that helps a little. So maybe I'll just throw all my chips > > in and get the 45 cm... ? > > > Well. I'm not sure why I wrote all this. I guess I'm hoping someone > > will read it and offer their thoughts and/or experiences. I'd be > > interested to read what others have to say. > > > Thanks, > > Zaelia > > > -- > > 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-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en>. -- 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-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. 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