I read with interest your short comment about hands being either in front of or behind the steering axis. Would someone (and Rene too) expand on this variable of handling? What effect does it have?
Thanks all. On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 9:40:49 PM UTC-5, René wrote: > > I thought about it, but I think it would look very crowded. I don't really > need to brake from the flats, as ,y hands typically go on the bends and I > can easily reach the levers with my ring and pinky fingers with a small > shift. The new inverted shape and stem extension make it even easier than > before, as I only extend my reach when pedaling hard when I don't need to > brake. For more maneuvering or situations when I may need to brake, my > hands naturally go a bit rearward of the bends where they reach the levers > effortlessly. Since that position is still ahead of the steering axis, the > handling is not affected negatively like it was a bit more before this > change. > > I did think about putting Diacompe Guidonnet levers and ordered a set, but > will hold off from doing that change at this time. It just rides so well as > it is now... Maybe when it's time to retape the bars, or I get fidgety > about it... ;-) > > On Monday, February 29, 2016, BSWP <asht...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Rene, have you ever used interrupter levers? To my eye, your cockpit >> would perfection if you could also brake while up on the flats. I might try >> something similar on the QuickBeam, though with a shorter extension. Thanks >> for sharing the update. >> >> - Andrew, Berkeley >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- 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.
