Hey Chris. I ride frequently on moustache bars which are not the same as albatross' (A-bars) but have some similar traits. If you are very happy on the hoods now, I would put the A-bars where your hands fall near the front curves but not at the very front. I find I use the very front mostly for wind or max speed (all relative on my lowish geared fixie). If you make the farthest curve your hood equivalent, you will not have anything more stretched out. A-bars reach WAY back, so I think you really want to optimize the more forward positions and maybe even trim the ends a bit. Here are a couple pics of what I think is a super cool sporty A-bar setup, posted by Gordon Stam over 3 years ago:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f235/stamarama/Big%20Red/Bars2.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f235/stamarama/Big%20Red/Bars1.jpg Doug On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Chris Halasz <[email protected]> wrote: > Great responses by all. > > With the larger bike, I'm trying to maintain similar stretch to what I have > with Noodles and 9cm stem. > > So where should the front curve of the Albatross bars be -- just about > where the hoods are? Halfway along the ramps? > > With the smaller bike, we're going more upright. There, we'll start with a > 2cm longer stem, but go back to the 5cm if needed. > > Thanks again, > > Chris > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
