;-) I got hooked on that as well, and even one better - collecting handlebars while touring in Europe!!!
I think it was in Hungary (or the Netherlands???) where I first stumbled into a bike-coop years ago, and noticed that the bucket o' bars was just a bit juicier than what we have domestically. I recall lugging around multiple pairs of townie bars for the rest of that trip. Years later, this would culminate in my "suspect" bags being confiscated by French airport security at CDG. What a price to pay for a set Belleri porteur bars! =- Joe Bunik who still hasn't learned his lesson in Walnut Creek, CA On 8/14/14, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > My wife & I toured in central Europe last fall for a month. The only drop > bars we saw were on racing bikes, ridden by people in full racing outfits, > carrying nothing. Flat bars with bar end extensions were most common, > followed by trekking bars (usually on a touring bike with chubby tires & > racks). Our rentals had flat bars & were quite comfortable. This got me > started on my latest obsession: collecting handlebars. Everyone needs a > hobby. > > dougP > > On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:14:20 AM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: >> >> > A rodeo with bars like this is a town bike. >> >> Maybe for some. Certainly not for all. While more common overseas than >> in the U.S., there are many people more than happy doing their long >> distance pleasure riding with flat bars. >> >> >> > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
