I frequently switch among 3-4 kinds of alt-bars I have. Sometimes I swap the stem as well. It takes me 5 mins give or take to swap the handlebar. If I have to switch the stem as well, add another 2 mins. I have Ergon grips, which are very easy to remove. The process just involves loosening about 6 Allen bolts (grips, levers, shifters, stem clamp), swap, tweak the angles etc and tighten those bolts. Because I have done this many many times, it does not take much effort for me to set handlebar, levers, shifters angles and positions to my liking. Doubt that any ready solution would shorten this process significantly.
If your swap requires going from on kind of levers/shifters to another kind (flat/alt-bar to drops), then it gets complicated :) On Wednesday, 10 April 2019 06:43:55 UTC-7, esoterica etc wrote: > > > Howdy all, > > I’m looking into possible ways on how to construct a “quick release” > method for easy swapping of cockpits. My Atlantis currently has Choco bars > on it which I really like and are great for country rambles, but there are > often times I wish for a different setup, such as drop bars or a Jones bar, > etc. Since the Atlantis (and most other Riv’s) are billed as > all-rounders/multi-purpose bikes, I figured one way to really use them to > their fullest potential would be to have two or more fully-built cockpits > ready to swap depending on your mood and/or terrain you plan to ride on any > given day. Makes sense, right? > > So my question to the group is: has anyone tried doing this? I’ve looked > at using something like the Bruce Gordon couplers, although the BG couplers > are only for shifter cables and he doesn’t have couplers for brake cables. > Or maybe the Richey Quick Disconnect, which have both shifter and brake > units. But these look like they’re designed primarily for a Rinko-type bike > or something with S&S couplers for easy disassembling, and not necessarily > for cockpit swapping. Any ideas/suggestions as to how I can pull this off? > Or can someone explain to me why this doesn’t seem to really be a thing, > despite what a brilliant idea it sounds like? Am I missing something > totally obvious to everyone else? > Thanks y’all, > > ~Mark > Raleigh, NC -- 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.
