Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

['Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch]

Here are bars with a very, very shallow drop. And the motorized bike 
features some very, very swept back bars, to boot.



On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 11:26:18 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
>
> Perhaps the original poster might consider a dirt drop-style of bar, these 
> being designed for a high position, with very, very shallow drop. 
>
>
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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Patrick Moore]

Perhaps the original poster might consider a dirt drop-style of bar, these
being designed for a high position, with very, very shallow drop.

Myself, I've tried many dirt drops, only to find that my left palm cannot
tolerate a hook that isn't perfectly parallel to the ground -- a
positioning that such bars don't allow, they being designed to have the
ends of the hooks slanted toward the rear dropouts. But I'd love to find a
shallow drop bar that can be set at 2" above saddle with hooks at saddle
height for the default off road position, if only the ends didn't have to
be slanted.

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Brian Campbell 
wrote:

> They look to high to me for drops? Why not use a different style of bar
> that has some rise to it? It looks like the drops are being use for an
> Albatross -type reach  and the tops look like and ape hanger style fit. If
> it works for you, no big deal but it looks out of place to my eye.
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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Brian Campbell]

They look to high to me for drops? Why not use a different style of bar 
that has some rise to it? It looks like the drops are being use for an 
Albatross -type reach  and the tops look like and ape hanger style fit. If 
it works for you, no big deal but it looks out of place to my eye.

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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Joe Broach]

Hey Pete,

There's a lot to be said for having the drops near saddle height,
especially off road. Just make sure the stem wedge is safely below the fork
threads. It's not enough to hide the max height mark, especially with Riv's
extra headset spacers. Yours looks close to my eye.

Best,
joe in pdx or

Caveat lector. Sent from a phone.
On Dec 16, 2015 11:30 AM, "Pete Porvaz"  wrote:

> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5836/23051338044_2cd564a8af_n.jpg
>
> I'm really liking my newly mounted dirt drop stem. It's not a simple
> change but for me was so worth it. Next up something to wrap on the tops
> where I do most of my riding.
> Thought about a different bar but I just like the noodle bar. It does look
> waay up there!
> Pete
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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

Them there bars is fine. And if one prefers the stem/bar interface to have a 
more traditional angle, one can find Nitto Technomic stems with a 280mm stalk.

I would love the bar height of a 64cm Sam but not its standover or top tube 
length. So I have tall stems on my 60cm Sams.

I think, when my ship comes in (scheduled to happen shortly after climate 
change hits hades), I'll order my RBW custom by saying "I'd like a 61.25cm Sam 
Hillborne". Joe Bell paint, of course.

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean

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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Jim Bronson]

Too high is the back of the beholder.  If it works for you, then it's
not too high.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Pete Porvaz  wrote:
> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5836/23051338044_2cd564a8af_n.jpg
>
> I'm really liking my newly mounted dirt drop stem. It's not a simple change
> but for me was so worth it. Next up something to wrap on the tops where I do
> most of my riding.
> Thought about a different bar but I just like the noodle bar. It does look
> waay up there!
> Pete
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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Patrick Moore]

Up periscop(a).

If it works ... But OTOH, with a bar that high, perhaps the Albatross or
somesuch would make more sense and be more comfortable?

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Joe Bernard  wrote:

> No, your frame is too low ;-)
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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Steve Palincsar]

I agree, with both comments.

On 12/16/2015 02:44 PM, Scott Henry wrote:

Whether or not you like them is more important than how they look.





But yes, they look about 4 to 6 inches too high for me.
Scott



On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Pete Porvaz  wrote:

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5836/23051338044_2cd564a8af_n.jpg

I'm really liking my newly mounted dirt drop stem. It's not a simple change
but for me was so worth it. Next up something to wrap on the tops where I do
most of my riding.
Thought about a different bar but I just like the noodle bar. It does look
waay up there!
Pete



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Re: [RBW] do these bars look too high?

[Scott Henry]

Whether or not you like them is more important than how they look.





But yes, they look about 4 to 6 inches too high for me.
Scott



On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Pete Porvaz  wrote:
> https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5836/23051338044_2cd564a8af_n.jpg
>
> I'm really liking my newly mounted dirt drop stem. It's not a simple change
> but for me was so worth it. Next up something to wrap on the tops where I do
> most of my riding.
> Thought about a different bar but I just like the noodle bar. It does look
> waay up there!
> Pete
>
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