After going from moustache bars to albatross bars last week, i felt the a-bars were a bit too high (or too low if flipped). When high, i missed the front hand/brake position of the m-bars and the handgrip position felt a little too far back even with the longer stem. When flipped, they were too low, even with the bars raised up really high, and the hand position still felt too far back.
So i got some Porteur Bars! Only 2cm of drop. I got my forward hand/brake position back, and even with the 12mm stem it's not too forward because the p-bars don't extend forward like the m-bars do. The p-bar has pretty much all the hand positions of the m-bars when the brakes are mounted at the front, which l like better than mounted back by the bar ends. I was even able to re-use the leather tape from my m-bars. :D The p-bars are a little narrower but they feel great. Now I just want to try to find a suitable bar end mirror since I moved the shifters to the downtube. That way I can remove the mirror from the left side of the bars, freeing up that area. Here's a couple quick iphone pics... http://d2creative.smugmug.com/photos/660282149_XNPAE-L.jpg http://d2creative.smugmug.com/photos/660282154_NBK3N-L.jpg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
