I'm actually looking at the albastache because I want the longer reach option - I have a very long torso, proportionately, and most swept-back bars end up too close for comfort except with really, really long top tube bikes and really long stems. I appreciate all the feedback from folks on this list! I'll give them a shot with regular road bike levers "as specified" and see how it goes. Is it better to use a straight-bladed brake lever, or one of the ergo-ish ones like the TRP RRL?
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 10:31 PM dstein <davecst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 3rd that. I have albastaches on my hunqapillar and hear what you're > saying. I keep going back and forth between having something upright like > the albatross with brake levers at the ends of the bars vs. albastache with > breaks in the drops and at the end of the day I prefer the albastache - the > brakes are pretty accessible and you still get the upright riding when you > want it. If the bars are high enough and the stem short enough it shouldn't > be too far of a reach to the drops. > > > On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 8:36:58 PM UTC-7, drew wrote: >> >> Agreed. I find the brakes on the hooks to be really easy to get to. I >> thought about inverse levers when I got mine, because i assumed I'd be >> riding mostly near the ends, but I'm really glad I went with standard road >> levers And setup the bars the way riv does. I find I ride between the hooks >> and the ends most often, so the brakes are only a few inches away. The >> brake "hoods" are also somewhat useful as a hand location when you want to >> stretch out more. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7sp0USae6ts/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
