Maybe it was just the extra distance and it wouldn't matter what kind of bars you had.
If you want to be more upright, Albatross bars are a better bet than M-bars. I don't feel much/any more upright with them than with Dirt Drops, and miss the "drop" position on longer rides. Cheers, DE On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM, nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for all of your wisdom! Let me provide some more info. > > I purchased a Romulus last month and soon after went over to RBW where > Mark kindly setup the bike's current bar and saddle heights. I've been > mostly enjoying the Noodle bar so far, but have been doing mostly 5-20 > mi rides. Yesterday was my first long ride (50 mi) with the bike, and > about halfway through I had a pretty intense soreness in lower my > back. This hampered my comfort for the rest of the ride; I had to stop > a few times to stretch and rest so that I could keep on going. The guy > I was riding with suggested I try out the Moustache bars, to get a > more upright position, so that I'm not leaning forward as much / > tensing my back as much. So, I'd like to at least experiment with new > bars and see if they make a difference on long rides. > > Here's a photo of our bikes on the ride yesterday: <http:// > www.flickr.com/photos/natan/3492115283/>. You can see my bars are just > about level with the saddle, and both stem (Technomic Deluxe) and post > are right below max height (the bike is just a little small for me…). > I'm willing to try out a new stem too, it sounds like the Nitto > DirtDrop is the way to go if I move forward with the Moustache bar. > > -nathan > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
