I tried M'staches on another bike a few years ago & didn't care for the straight back portion. The Origin 8 Space Bar on my old MTB has a nice amount of bend & seems to suit my anatomy. The multiple hand positions on drops are really unbeatable, especially in the wind. It's all some sort of compromise, though. I needed a winter project so this may be it.
The last couple of years I've had on'n'off hand issues with the drops, & have been gradually raising them. I'm at the max mark now. On this trip, neither of us had any physical ailments, despite the low end nature of the bikes. The bars were straight, flat, with rubber hand grips. dougP On Monday, October 14, 2013 11:55:07 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Those elves make some mighty fine bikes! > > Do you think you would go the Riv route with swept back bars, or more > of a straight bar set up? > > On 10/14/13, dougP <doug...@cox.net <javascript:>> wrote: > > Just back from a tour involving rental bikes, my wife & I hopped on our > > Atlantii after recovering from jet lag. What a difference! "Touring > > bikes" are sometimes derided as heavy, clunky, slow, etc., but after > > several hundred miles on rental hybrids, an Atlantis feels like a sports > > car. Even though the overall weight isn't much different (hey, we > lugged > > our rentals up & down stairs, tossed them onto trains, etc.), the > > performance difference was enormous, especially climbing. I can't tell > you > > > > why but hills that would be "of no consequence" on my Atlantis were > > seriously consequential on the rental. In their defense, I'm sure our > > rentals would retail well below US$1,000, so it's true that you get what > > you pay for. Another unexpected consequence is we are both rethinking > the > > drop bars on our Atlantii. We were both more comfortable on the upright > > bars and there didn't seem to be any downside. Pondering, pondering.... > > > > dougP > > > > -- > > 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 <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
