I haven't tried any of the newer Riv sweepback bars -- experience limited to original Moustache and an early, Riv-designed or at least Riv-sourced wider North-Road design -- "Priest Bar"? -- but on both of these and on the original North Road type I always gripped the bar far inward of the ends of the bar; with the Moustache and North Road, just aft of the curves. Come to think of it, with the "square" sweepback bars brazed directly onto stems on rod braked roadsters, and these with short top tubes and very slack heads, it was utterly necessary to grip the bar* ahead of the curves *while standing and torquing.
I think that any attempt to get both comfortable, seated hand positions and a standing "grip" for torquing as up a hill while holding the ends of the bar is doomed to failure. At least (a more modest assertion) I can't imagine it. On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:45 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys. > > I have a longer reach bike with swept back (Velo Orange Granola Bars) and > currently messing with stem length. Started with a 110mm which puts the > grips ahead of the head tube. Standing climbing in that widest, farthest > back position feels normal. When switching to a 90mm stem (110 feels a > little long for these bars) the grips come back behind the head tube a > bit. I always feel that climbing standing up, steeper hills especially (I > mostly ride single speed and fixed) starts to feel a little weird once the > grips start creeping behind the head tube. I was thinking about trying the > riv billie bars also I know these come back quite a bit farther. I assume > a lot of you have a lot of experience with these kind of upright bars > (albatross/bosco/billie/etc.) and wondering what your experience is with > grips wayyy back behind head tube and bike handling specifically climbing? > Thanks. > > - Dan > New Jerz > > -- > 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/f2295ef8-d4e9-46e6-86ba-18c0ed3fc6d9n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f2295ef8-d4e9-46e6-86ba-18c0ed3fc6d9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgvfs4%2BgUy3mJq6eBi2AufFL9fj0nhw2n0xtW%2BAJy4qnUw%40mail.gmail.com.
