We have a lot of bikes at our house with mustaches and noodles; I
prefer m'bars and my partner prefers noodles. After our current round
of bar experiments, I agree with charlie's formula. There are two
things I'd add. First, consider a Dirt Drop stem if you really want
m'bars raised. I had a sho
Edit: I never had any *stability problems*...
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 8:11 AM, cyclotourist wrote:
> Stability, or lack of it, is a bike by bike problem. I never had any w/
> the Albatross bars mounted high and forward. This was really comfy
> position, and let me use the forward bends as a mo
Stability, or lack of it, is a bike by bike problem. I never had any w/ the
Albatross bars mounted high and forward. This was really comfy position,
and let me use the forward bends as a more stretched out option as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/2058061573/
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011
I have the albatross on my Bomadil and set them up so the hooks were the same
distance fronm center of seat as was the hoods on my noodles. When on long
stretches I can stretch out.
I didn't think I would stay with them but have since changed my mind.
I've had this setup over 40 mph loaded
Not necessarily that short but tall..way tall so that the grip
area is level or higher than the saddle. Due to the head tube angle
going higher also brings the bar back toward you so don't get too
extreme just use some common sense. As far as the 'instability' idea
that's just an idea (actually
Thanks all for the feedback. It sounds like I would need a very short
stem 6-7cm for the M-bars and probably a 12 for the A-bars...
All this talk of instability at speed has me now questioning the
Albatross, which I was favoring. Perhaps I should consider a
straight(ish) bar or maybe something w
Shorter for the 'stach and longer for the 'tross, definately. I've tried
both and the only setup that felt good to me was the 'tach bars on a bike
that was too small, ie short top tube and an upjutting (40 deg) stem.
Problem there is getting them high enough. The "tross bars came close on my
Hillb
I think Charlie has the correct formula.
FWIW, I used the Technomic (non-deluxe) stem in order to get the Albatross
bars really high, which was perfect.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:33 PM, charlie wrote:
> I have used a 12cm for Albatross bars and a 9cm with a 105 degree rise
> for noodles on the
I have used a 12cm for Albatross bars and a 9cm with a 105 degree rise
for noodles on the same bike with a 58cm top tube. I have mustache
bars with a 10cm dirtdrop but on a bike with a 57 cm top tube. My
Simple One has a 9cm seven shaped nitto stem all the way up to the
mark with Nitto Rando bars
If I needed a 90 cm stem with a Noodle, I would not be able to get a
short enough stem for comfort with a Moustache bar. With an M there
are no tops, so it's like being on the hoods full time only lower
because the M bars have a little drop to them. A 60 might work. My
most successful applicatio
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