I can't speak to the price difference, but can say that I love my Alb bars and I have ridden 50-75 miles/day on the Great Divide Mountain Bike trail for 9 days and I did fantastic with them. While I haven't tried drops on my Hunqa, the Albs just feel comfortable all the time. The work very well for long slow climbs, long fast descents, and long slow, more technical descents with lots of rocky bounces being absorbed by elbows and knees. I ride glove free (save for the cold) if that says anything.
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:45:03 PM UTC-6, WETH wrote: > > I apologize in advance if I am missing something obvious. My question: > does anyone know why the Build Kit for the 700 Drop Bar Sam ( > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/build-05.htm) is $125 more than the > build kit for the 700 Upright Bar Sam ( > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/build-02.htm)? I can account for about > $32 difference with brake levers and handlebars. However that doesn't take > into account grips on the upright bar kit and no bar tape on the drop bar > kit. What am I missing? Something obvious I am sure! > The price difference is not huge in light of the overall cost but not > insignificant, either. I am trying to exercise some creative accounting in > the hopes of stretching for the purchase of a new Sam. I was thinking to > give drop bars on the Sam a good try, as I hope to use the Sam for longer > distance rides (+20 miles). However, I am reluctant with the extra cost of > the build kit and my budget. I know Albatross bars are comfortable as I > have them on another bike, though I have never ridden them on rides over 20 > miles.. > I know I can always call and ask the folks at Rivendell why the difference > in price, but I was hoping someone here might be able to help. > Many thanks, > Erl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
