The shape and curves of the GB Randonneur bar have made it the only drop bar that I can ride with virtually no pain in my hands. I can't say that of the Noodle or both Nitto Randonneur bars (the narrower and the wider one). It's very comfortable both on the tops straight section, curved section and straight section going to the hoods, which is the position I find myself using most often. I've discovered that its narrowness on the tops also makes it very comfortable, and have some sort of theory backed by purely empirical evidence I've gathered by doing online research, that the wider bars, which are presumably better to open the chest, compress the shoulder blades and back, whereas the narrower ones don't do this on the shoulders. Since I have no problems breathing, elbows can ge articulated and I have many issues with shoulder and neck pain when riding, I noted right away that after I got used to the narrowness of the bar, I wasn't having the expected shoulder, neck or hand pain I used to always get with the drop bars.
I also read somewhere in Jan's blog or magazine that narrower drop bars work better with low trail forks whereas wider bars are better for higher trail geometries. In my very early days with my Hilsen, I tried the narrower Nitto Randonneur bar and found it uncomfortable and didn't like how it made the Hilsenhandle, so I went back to the 48 Noodles, which I still have on that bike. The Atlantis, where the current GB Randonneur resides, handles very nicely with the narrow bars but it has a low trail fork. My next step is to install the bars on the Hilsen to see how they feel on the standard geometry, and if they not only handle equally well, but also remove all the pain and issues that I have when riding the Hilsen with the 48 Noodles. René René On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:12 PM, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I saw last night that there is a new Soma randonneur bar too. > > Ryan > > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:22:43 AM UTC-7, René wrote: > >> If you want a new safe bar that looks just like that one and IMHO is more >> confortable than the Nitto, try the Grand Bois Randonneur bar, which by the >> way, is also made by Nitto. >> >> *http://tinyurl.com/bb9t843* >> >> René >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't think anyone here is qualified to say it's safe based on a >>> photo. Personally, I wouldn't ride an old bent bar. >>> >>> Joe Bernard >>> Vallejo, CA. >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:34:02 AM UTC-7, Davidbea wrote: >>> >>>> While waiting for the Nitto randonneur bar I ordered from my LBS to >>>> arrive- one of thre options I’m considering for my new Homer build- I >>>> stopped by the bike coop and found this bar: >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**7**1834221@N00/8591612115/in/**phot** >>>> ostream<http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8591612115/in/photostream> >>>> >>>> It’s labelled GB and British Made. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**7**1834221@N00/8592703534/in/**set-** >>>> 72157633092067433<http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592703534/in/set-72157633092067433> >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**7**1834221@N00/8592699168/in/**set-** >>>> 72157633092067433<http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592699168/in/set-72157633092067433> >>>> >>>> When the Nitto I lined the two up and noticed, besides an unfortunate >>>> bend at the right end, it is almost exactly the same. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**7**1834221@N00/8592696840/in/**set-** >>>> 72157633092067433/**lightbox/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8592696840/in/set-72157633092067433/lightbox/> >>>> >>>> Is this the bar the Nitto is patterned after? Would it be okay to put a >>>> pipe in the bar end to ‘correct’ the errant right end. Would it be safe >>>> now or corrected? >>>> >>>> BTW I am 62 years old and 150 lbs so wouldn’t be adding a lot of stress >>>> to it. >>>> >>>> David Hays >>>> >>>> Kenmore, New York >>>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-**US<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
