Forgot to add: 56 yrs old. On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for drops, and not too wide, either. I've been playing around with > bars on different bikes and recently lowered the Noodles on the Fargo > by a good 5 cm (they were 8 above and felt fine, except that riding on > the hoods and flats felt "tippy". Now they feel good all around except > that they are too far forward but I will remedy that by swapping them > out for Salsa Bell Laps, much shallower and shorter. (The Fargo is set > up for dirt roads.) > > The Herse has the bar (39.5 Belleris) about 75 mm below saddle on a 9 > cm stem, saddles the same as the Rivs, and I was thinking how nice it > is and perhaps I ought to raise and extend the bars on the 2 Rivs from > 8 cm stem and 4 cm below to the same, but riding one of the Rivs > today, it felt so good that I think I will leave it alone for now. I > can always do it later, but why mess with success? I ride a lot in the > hooks, too, thanks to our winds. > > Each to his own, of course. > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: >> Everytime I try something different than drop bars I never seem to >> feel comfortable. M-bars, VO Milan bars, I even tried some Mountain >> drop bars. I still come back to drops... specifcally 46cm Noodles. >> Mine are at seat height and with a Brooks B17 I am "snug as a bug in a >> rug". >> >> ~mike >
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