Patrick - yes, those *do* look perfect. When it's time to re-tape the bars I'm gonna get one of these. Looks like they come in an assortment of widths and a couple of stem clamp diameters, too. Thanks for the tip!
On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 12:23:27 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > George: If you like flat ramps made for quill stems, take a look at the > Rene Herse Maes Parallel bar. Expensive, but IMO worth every penny. > > [image: image.png] > > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:13 AM George Schick <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Part of the comfort issue here may be the bars themselves. One of my >> road bikes is set up with noodle bars and Shimano 600 brake levers. I find >> this combo to be "reasonably" comfortable - the bars are hawked as having >> "flat ramps," i.e., smooth transition from the top of the bend onto the >> brake lever hoods. And they pretty much do, but they also have this minor >> "upsweep" where the bar makes its turn from the flats to the hooks that I >> find kind of irritating. >> >> Far and away the most comfortable bars I've ever used are the Ritchey >> Bio-Max. The have absolutely flat "flats" and after the bars make the turn >> toward the hooks they are perfectly flat so there is a very straight >> transition to the brake levers. My other road bike has these coupled with >> the Tektro levers and I love it. But there are three problems with these >> bars: 1) they are no longer made (though they may be found on eBay in >> various widths), 2) they were only made with a black anodized finish, and >> 3) most importantly, they can't be used with standard quill stems because >> the turn from the flat part of the top of the hook to the bottom of the >> hook is so sharp that a quill stem cannot be passed through it without >> spreading the stem mounting jaws, a dangerous thing to do. The only way >> around this was to either find a quill stem with a bolt-on bar mount or use >> a threadless steering tube adapter and a threadless stem. >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/61471a50-2edf-4568-9aa9-dbb773dbe11d%40googlegroups.com.
