I ride a drop bar on the road and a Choco Normal on an otherwise identical bike in the city -- and switch between them nearly daily. I suggest you try it -- one bike with drops and another with an upright. Though my tendency with uprights is to set them maybe just a couple of inches above where my drops are, really -- fairly level with my saddle, I guess. For sure not crazy low like you see all those "cafe racers" and whatnot ... but nowhere near what happens with a Riv Tallux stem and Boscos, which, already have a significant rise built into their design. The Alba's have worked for me in the past, too: great bar, plenty of position and rise. I tried the Choco's just 'cause they looked a little cooler and fit my desire for not so much of an upright position.
I find that uprights are just so damn comfortable for meandering and commuting -- a bike set up like that really brings a smile to my face, like, daily. But I wouldn't want to take it out on the road for 2 to 3 hours (or more) at a stretch. There I feel exactly the same about a well-fit drop bar bike! I love riding bikes. On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 5:36:11 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: > > Thinking of getting Boscos for my Sam to ride when I ride with my wife. It > has drops now. > > I ride drops on my Bleriot and Sam and I do some centuries every year. > > But doing this will make me minus an extra drop bike in the event I need > one for a century, brevet, etc., at the last minute in case my Bleriot has > a mechanical and I need another drop bar bike asap. > > Can one just hop on an upright bike and do a century after only training > on a drop bar bike? Will the new position use different muscles enough to > make it not wise to do? > > Have you done this and how is it? > -- 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.
