Same here. Had drops - Noodles and Nitto Rando - on my Sam and it was never quite right for my use. If I were doing a tour it might be different, but the way I use it the Alba bars transformed the bike, mostly by transforming MY attitude when I get on it. With the Albas (or, I'd imagine, most swept back bars) you just can't help but feel that you're getting on the bike to have fun.
It's funny but the Sam went through lots of iterations, with brifters, no fenders, rando-bag, etc etc but it's now a textbook Riv country bike with lots of shiny bits, grip kings, bags galore, and it now feels just so "right" as a bike... -Pete in CT On Monday, April 1, 2013 12:38:22 PM UTC-4, Edwin W wrote: > > I have my > Hillborne<http://www.flickr.com/photos/90785999@N06/8575250744/in/photostream>set > up like that - Albas, Chainuard/40/24 (though I don't use the 24 and >> don't have a front derailer yet). It does seem to be "made for that." That >> was how I first rode a Riv at Riv world HQ - a Sam with alba bars and bar >> end shifters. That got me into my search for my first one. >> >> > My usual load is my work bad in my basket up front - it is so easy. That > said, I went to the grocery store the other day and hauled 20 or so pounds > back home in a rear market pannier and it felt so stable and perfect that I > might have to consider putting my work bag on the back more often! Maybe > with > these<http://www.waldsports.com/index.cfm/wald582rearfoldingbasket.html>Wald > baskets? > > Edwin > > -- 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.
