I've tried the VO Course and Rando bar, Noodles, some Cinelli's, and some random vintage bars in traditional and rando varieties. The VO Course bar was comfy, but I ordered a 46cm and it was too wide. The VO rando had too much flare for me. I should say I prefer bars around 42cm with not too substantial flare, but a little is nice. I'm currently running some Belleri Rando's that are just about perfect. Also have a newer take-off bar that reminds me of a bar that came on a 70s Raleigh Supercourse, with tight corners from tops to ramps, a "boxy" feel if you will. I stumbled upon some Grand Bois Maes Parallels at 41cm, they look wonderful just wondering if they'll be too narrow as they have a medium amount of flare IMO. I'm running quill stems with options of 26.0mm or 25.4mm clamps, so 31.8mm's are probably out. Sidenote - these'll be going on a mid 80s Trek 650b conversion, so the GB Maes are nice for a classic look, but not necessary for the overall aesthetic.
On Monday, October 1, 2012 12:56:55 AM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote: > > I like the flared drops of the classic WTB Dirt Drop bars and the Salsa > Woodchippers. I don't tend to like normal road drops, but I've only tried > SR Randonnr and Noodles in the last 10 years. > What other bars have you used or are you used to? > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:10:59 PM UTC-7, tragicallyaverage wrote: >> >> Building up a bike and it needs some new drops. Any suggestions? What do >> you ride? >> I know Noodles of course, and I've tried them in 3 different widths and >> for some reason they don't hit home for me. >> If you had to put a drop bar other than a Noodle on your Riv/Riv-ish >> bike, what would it be? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/eLEnWlEHy1EJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
