Re: [RBW] Want to Buy WTB dirt drops
short hooks don't leave much room for my hands. i have them mounted with the bar ends just north of parallel and i always seem to feel like im going to lose my grip. i also have a LD stem that might be a little tall so the deep drop and larger bend would give me a better fit presumably On Monday, September 9, 2013 3:37:51 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: Curious: What doesn't feel right about the Midge? I tried on the Fargo -- described voluminously on list -- and found it the best of all the 6 or 8 different off road drop bars that I've tried over the years (including the original WTB). My problem with it was that with such short hooks I could not set it up with ends of hooks level to ground, which I must do to be comfortable. And after all is said and done, it was just too damned wide. A desperate and, as I thought, merely interim replacement was a pair of 44 cm Nitto B 135 Randos going cheap on this list. I did not have high hopes. Lo and behold (Low and Behowld) they turned out to be as close as this sorrowful lower world allows to the perfect bar for the Fargo of all that I've used, and they are legion. On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:28 PM, dean899 monte...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Still looking for a original WTB dirt drop bar for a cx bike (i guess its that time of year) not concerned about condition as long as its usable. It will be put to use and not resold on flea bay or put in a parts bin. the Midge I am using just doesn't feel right -- 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.comjavascript: . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patric...@resumespecialties.com javascript: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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.
[RBW] Want to Buy WTB dirt drops
Still looking for a original WTB dirt drop bar for a cx bike (i guess its that time of year) not concerned about condition as long as its usable. It will be put to use and not resold on flea bay or put in a parts bin. the Midge I am using just doesn't feel right -- 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.
Re: [RBW] Want to Buy WTB dirt drops
Curious: What doesn't feel right about the Midge? I tried on the Fargo -- described voluminously on list -- and found it the best of all the 6 or 8 different off road drop bars that I've tried over the years (including the original WTB). My problem with it was that with such short hooks I could not set it up with ends of hooks level to ground, which I must do to be comfortable. And after all is said and done, it was just too damned wide. A desperate and, as I thought, merely interim replacement was a pair of 44 cm Nitto B 135 Randos going cheap on this list. I did not have high hopes. Lo and behold (Low and Behowld) they turned out to be as close as this sorrowful lower world allows to the perfect bar for the Fargo of all that I've used, and they are legion. On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:28 PM, dean899 monte.di...@gmail.com wrote: Still looking for a original WTB dirt drop bar for a cx bike (i guess its that time of year) not concerned about condition as long as its usable. It will be put to use and not resold on flea bay or put in a parts bin. the Midge I am using just doesn't feel right -- 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. -- *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* Certified Resume Writer http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Albuquerque, NM -- 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.
