When RIvendell sold them back in the day I think Grant said they were about 60g lighter than a standard noodle bar. That is right in line with what you found, Bill.
On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 7:26:39 PM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > "Where did y'all read these were a lightweight Nitto Noodle?" > > They were already out of production when I came in 2009. If I type "Nitto > Soba Noodle" into the googler, I get hits to bike forums in 2007 discussing > them. At that time they are talking about how the regular Noodle mod 177 > is the heavier cheaper version, and the Soba Noodle is in Nittos > "ultralight" flavor. > > There are 9 of them in my garage right now. 8 are on bikes, and 1 is > loose. 7 are Mod 177 Noodles, and 2 are the Soba Noodle. The shape is > identical. I guess you'd just have to take my word for it. I'm kind of a > Noodle zealot. Most of the 9 in my garage are 460mm and a couple are > 440mm. > > The loose bar is the model 177 regular Noodle. It has 460 stamped in the > end and it measures 460mm center to center. The Soba Noodle that went on > my new Roadeo had 460 stamped in the end and it also measures 460mm center > to center. The regular Noodle has a "sleeve" in the middle, with embossed > Nitto graphics into the metal of the sleeve. The Soba Noodle has a bulge > in the middle, and the Nitto graphics are black ink or similar printing on > the metal. My build notes indicate I weighed the Soba Noodle at 310g. The > loose regular 460mm Noodle weighs 372g on the same gram scale just now. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 3:32:19 PM UTC-7 captaincon...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Where did y'all read these were a lightweight Nitto Noodle? They are >> listed at 380 grams which is inline with other Noodles. My understanding >> was they were 50 cm wide--two cm wider than the then widest 48 cm >> offering. Then, Riv went all 7 minute abs and released the 52 and 54 >> centimeter variants. I recently had a conversation with someone at Riv >> regarding the widest Noodles who said that Nitto is trying to deprecate the >> 26.0 clamp diameter. I personally have had 46 cm Noodles, the Fairweather >> 174AA short shallow Noodle in 46 cm, and this week I swapped the 54 cm ones >> off my Hunqapillar in favor of the new Ritchey Corralitos bar which may be >> my favorite drop bar for a longish top tube bike. I wanted to like the >> Noodle, but they have too much drop for me. >> >> On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 5:09:51 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >>> I absolutely snatch them up whenever I see them, and I never sell them. >>> Buy the good stuff when it's available, before you need it. That's my >>> advice. ;) >>> >>> BL in EC >>> >>> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c92b39dc-4da8-416c-bd9f-8dfe5d7c6f64n%40googlegroups.com.
