I briefly rode the 51 Joe at rivHQ. My size is 55, so it was a bit small, but it was totally ridable. I liked the new bars, and that was the thing I was most interested in checking out. I'm anticipating mounting the levers more forward and spending at least 50% of my time with my hands just behind the curves. I'll have to move back a bit when I want to brake/shift, but this will give me more hand positions to brake from, since you just need to grab the end of the lever with a couple finger to brake. They look like sit-up-and-beg bars, but the best feature (I think) is that they totally work for more stretched out as well, but allow you to sit up more if/when you want.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Tim Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > Ya I think you're right about the illusion. However, I think most 55cm joe > riders would also ride a 52 Clem, and the 52 Clem has a 61cm tt which I think > compensates well for swept back bars. Maybe the joe will be more versatile in > the bar selection dept. meaning it would be suitable to run uprights or drops. > > When I found out prior to delivery that my 59 Clem had a 64cm tt I was > concerned as all my other bikes are all around 57-59, however it feels great. > I am loving the extra room, and while drop bars are probably out of the > question, I wouldn't want the top tube or reach to be any less. In fact I am > probably going to swap out the boscos for albas as sometimes I feel the bars > are too close. > > Cheers.. > > -- > 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 https://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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
