I hadn't really thought much about this until this thread came along but it occurs to me that I've had my Allrounder in all sorts of configurations with drops and mustache bars, but about two years ago I converted it to a more upright cruiser albatross with racks to transport stuff thinking it would be more of an errand bike for groceries and such. My riding time on that bike has dropped drastically. I think that's telling me I need to go back to an earlier cockpit. It seems like in retrospect the most fun builds were fattish tires with mustache bars but the more practical option was drops and more touring oriented. To see those different builds you can click here:
http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/2013/01/rivendell-allrounder-jack-of-all.html Best, Addison Wilhite, M.A. Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://www.renorambler.com> Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:38 AM, Corwin <[email protected]> wrote: > I also concur - upright is less desirable than drops. I have two bikes > with drop bars and two bikes with "original" mustache bars. On one of those > bikes - a tandem - my wife rides stoker with albatross and I captain with > mustache. I get minimal power from my legs in an upright posture. Just does > not work for me. So much so that on my Rivendell Custom, I added the > requirement that the bars be 3 cm below the saddle. When I test rode the > bike, we started with the bars and saddle level. Kept removing spacers from > the stem till we got the bars down to just above the headset. > > The threadless fork steerer still sticks out about 3/4 inch above the stem. > > I get incredible power from this riding position. > > Namaste, > > > Corwin > > On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 7:23:46 AM UTC-8, lum gim fong wrote: > >> So I converted the Bleriot to upright so I could ride wifespeeds without >> hand discomfort that comes with riding that slow for an entire ride on >> drops. >> >> What I have found, in riding upright, is that the discomfort of the >> hands is reduced 75% and the butt discomfort 100% increase ( which was >> nonexistent when I rode with drops) makes me want to just go back to drops. >> I am more comfortable riding at wifespeed (and all other speeds) with >> drops, turns out. No matter the bar heights or saddles. >> >> Also, headwinds are noticably more noticeable and wintry blasts harder to >> endure while upright. >> >> I don't think I have never heard of someone on this list, or from Walnut >> Creek finding uprighting to be less comfortable than dropsing. So I thought >> I'd include it as a datapoint here. >> >> Has anyone here also found upriding to not be their cup of tea? >> >> I will say though that upriding provides fantastic views. >> >> -- > 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.
