Grant wrote a short piece in an earlier RR about TC factor-- "TC" for tilt-control. My mind's paraphrase (which could be entirely misrepresentative of GP's view), is that wider Q-factor is countered by wider tilt-control, i.e., handlebar width. It's a leverage thing.
There's a lot of personal preference in bikes. Try to find what you like-- it keeps the shops in business and Nitto bending metal! On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:42:35 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 12:01 -0700, René Sterental wrote: > > 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. > > Jan has pointed out that bar width changed over time, in relation to > changes in steering geometry. As tires narrowed and trail increased, > bars got wider. He has also been very clear about his preference for > narrower bars with low trail bikes. > > Depending on your definition of "narrow" that may or may not be the case > for other riders. I like 44 cm bars with my low trail bikes. I tried a > bike once (around a big parking lot) that had Grand Bois Randonneur > bars. I have no idea what steering geometry the bike had; I didn't like > the bars because they felt to me as though there was almost no room for > my hands on the bar tops. > > > > -- 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.
