Welcome to the group Jim, and back to your bike! In another discussion about handlebars I had an experience in pursuit of "best for me" bars that was similar to the Moustache bar dichotomy. I'm either short of torso for my height or long of leg for my torso...and I need a short reach. I can get that by an under square frame or by bodging my fit with short stems and short extension drop bars. In that conversation I noted the new crop of gravel-oriented bars feel very confining at two positions and too narrow on the hoods or tops. I had a chance to get an XO-1 and had a reality check about the bars on a ride (was a dealer) and getting a purple XO-2 with the WTB Dirt Drops instead.
Grant talked me through options for an adventure road fit (in 2000) and extolled a frame that was in container, crossing the ocean with a 2° upsloped, undersquare top tube and 2cm extended head tube he designed for long rides and light loads with inspiration from French randonneuring. I've had that Rambouillet ever since. We can compare beausage later. Nothing grossly unkind, just a collection of two decades of moments. I earlier proposed "beausavage" to better represent the diary that my orange bike's finish represents. https://photos.app.goo.gl/6xqhzfdLmcqQWd1F7 I'll stay tuned to hear of your spring and summer riding in Minneapolis and otherwise. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 11:09:11 AM UTC-4, Jingy wrote: > > Hello all, > I just joined this group a few weeks ago and have just been sitting back > reading posts and getting the lay of the land, but now I'm ready to step > out of the shadows and introduce myself. > I'm new to this group but not new to Rivendell. I'm the original owner of > a 1996 61cm grey-blue All-Rounder. > I had basically stopped riding for about 15 years, but started up again > last August. > I have had the A/R set up in multiple modes in the past, but currently it > is a fendered drop bar road/path machine with Rene Herse tires. > I'm thinking of trying out some upright bars on it, but I had moustache > bars on it in the past but never really liked them. I probably never had > the right stem setup though. > I'll include a few pics of my machine. It could use a repaint, > unfortunately most of it is garage wear. > > Jim in Minneapolis > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ff17a8c1-7e6c-4834-9704-be90df227df3%40googlegroups.com.
