I've done many 45 mile rides with the Albatross and Bullmoose and I rarely ride much further than that in one day.
I do not have a bike with drop bars. I gave up on them years ago. I'm 5'4". My arms and torso are short, so the distance between the tops and the hoods is too great --- if one position is good, the other is way too close or way too far. Even though I'm flexible, I could never be comfortable in the drops for more than two minutes --- my diaphragm gets squeezed by my thighs. The hoods make my thumb joins sore. My hands are proportionally small so trying to brake from the hoods (where I would ride 90% of the time) was difficult, even with those Soma short reach brake levers. When I see petite women with torsos and hands smaller than mine riding 700c bikes with drop bars, I wonder why they feel pressured to stick with drops. Maybe they like the drops... I dunno... What I'm trying to say is that unless you like drops and the various positions work for you, I wouldn't assume that Albatross bars are long distance poison. In my case, they are the only bar that works. Eric -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
