Great bike! As a fellow AHH owner who rides through the Wissahickon regularly, I would not feel bad if the upright bars don't work for you. They don't work for me either. I have tried all sorts of alternate bars but always end up back at 46cm Noodle bar.
I think you have to try different things to see if they work for you but not feel that there is only one correct way. If it were me, I would ditch the handlebars and the friction shifting if you don't like them. It does not take very long to know if something is working for you or not. No point in trying to put that square peg in the round hole.... I prefer indexed,(10sp) downtube shifting on my bike. I cracked 3 vertebrae back in 2008, in a sledding accident with my kids. Having to reach down, change my position and adjust my weight, all helps to relieve back pain on longer rides in my experience. Sitting in essentially one position for an extended period, rarely helps my back feel better. BTW, my brother who lives in the area just picked up a used Romulus off this list. We should get together for a RIv. ride in the near future. -- 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.
