Late to the party as is my penchant. Back in 2012 I drank the Kool-aid and sold my carbon race bike. I went with a Hilsen outfitted with noodle drop bars and the fancy TRP drilled brake levers. At around the same time I acquired a 1984 Trek 660 from list member Chris down Sanger, Texas way. It hung in my rafters for two years. I think I had the notion to have a go faster bike, but I'm old and my memory isn't what it used to be. Anyway, I'm glad that past me bought the frame set. In the preceding years I've built up an Atlantis outfitted with BE's and Albatross bars. Then early this year a 10 speed Campy Veloce group complete with wheel set fell into my lap and the Trek was reborn with modern DCL, brifters (whatever the hell you want to call them!) and I fell in love with the ergo nature of this config. The more I rode the more I thought how great these would be in off road scenarios. So the Hilsen is being reimagined.
Some take-aways, the TRP brake levers are nice just not as nice as the campy levers, which feel so damn natural. Bar ends are no nonsense and work just fine and on a world tour most likely what I'd roll with. But that's not happening anytime soon. So if I have a mechanical I figure I can work something out and limp to a bike store. I still love drop bars and combined with brifters with all the controls at my fingertips it's a winner for me. Still looking for the best dirt drop handlebar to mate up with my new Hilsen config. I like Shimano but I think campy nailed it, and it's too early to say anything about the Sram setup but so far so good. My experience with bike's is if your wallet allows it try it! I like this from Scott C. "Variety is good, keeps your mind from following ruts". Tail Winds, ~Hugh -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
