Abe, I sent you a PM for the albastache bar, thanks!
On Thursday 2 May 2024 at 09:22:16 UTC-5 Pancake wrote:
> If you go the Albastashe route … I have Albastashe bars with Shimano
> Tiagra levers and a Nitto tallux stem (with shim for 25.4 to 26) that
> originally came on a Charles Gallop proto
I've had a Sam for 4 years now. It was my only bike for 3.5 years. I
started with drops, then Aherne MAP, then back to drops, then SimWorks
Getaround, then... bought a Roadini frame and built it up with Sam's old
drops.
Swapping got tiresome, and while the Sam was equally great in "fast mode"
Just so happens that RWB has a BLOG on this specific
topic. https://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news/how-to-upright-a-drop-bar-bike
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:56:16 AM UTC-4 milesh...@gmail.com wrote:
> This is my shameless plug for Albacore bars, if you need something wider
> than the Albastac
This is my shameless plug for Albacore bars, if you need something wider
than the Albastache which I found to be quite narrow, or if you want to use
22.2mm clamp brake levers/shifters. I mocked them up on my Atlantis and
they were a delight. I just prefer drops.
They're a limited run for Hope Cy
I agree with Johnny Alien. Get Albastashe bars. I ride an X0-1 with
original mustache bars (precursor to Albastashe). Serves every purpose:
long road, fast road, light (unloaded) touring. Allows you to stretch out
or sit up as you want, with multiple hand positions. No switching
necessary. Reme
First off: no one here is going to try and talk you out of two bikes ... :)
However, a single bike with an alternate set of bars isn't a bad idea at
all.
As suggested in the thread: down tube shifters are the way to go for ease
of swapping without having to touch with your shifting set up.
Cent
Well in the last year I changed from Albatross bars to Zipp XPLR 70 drop
bars and a "simple" swap would only be possible if :
1. Using Ritchey/Davinci breakaway cable thingies.
2. Flexible with saddle choice and position. Here's where for me at least
doesn't work so good as with a lower drop bar
I have a bike that swaps between Nitto Bullmoose and Albatross. Friction
shifting and mtb-style brake levers makes the swap very easy.
Swapping between flat bar brake levers and drop levers is going to be more
fiddly because you will have to use cable splitters (with mtb levers you
can just
Let me suggest that you get yourself some albastache bars. I think you
would feel comfortable in all of your scenarios with those handlebars. They
are the secret weapon in Rivendell's offerings.
On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:14:04 AM UTC-4 erik.s...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Answering on the practi
Answering on the practical side (easily swapping handlebars) rather than
the “should I own two bikes” side of things, Russ from Path Less Pedaled
did a video a while back on optimizing 1 bike for easy cockpit swaps.
Basically using a little Jagwire cable splitting doodad so the cables and
hous
May I suggest mounting one or the other of these "drop" bars at a
comfortable height and be happy with a single bike?
Either Top Shelf from Red Shift or Condors from Soma. They look less than
usual but provide comfort that is more than usual.
https://redshiftsports.com/products/top-shelf-handleb
While it's possible to swap back and forth between Albatross bars and drop
bars, and there are some setup tricks that could facilitate this, I would
not be eager to do it regularly.
As Mathias demonstrated you'd need a much longer stem on the Albatross bike
(30-40mm longer) to have similar posi
You could build the Sam with Albatross bars and it would serve your needs
perfectly as a graveler and bike path cruiser. You could also do that 100
mile ride with Albatross bars if you wanted. That said I do understand the
desire for drops. I have those on my Sam. I've also had Billie bars and
Hi Michael,
You've come to the place. OF COURSE we'll suggest two bikes as the
inevitable solution. More = better, N+1, etc.
Meanwhile, there are solutions to swapping, for instance
http://www.bgcycles.com/q2s
I think that site is still in business, but I'm not sure. He was after
swapping from
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