Thanks for the responses guys. I agree that the longer reach measurement (relative to the bb) Defintely helps, which this bike does have. I have ridden sweepier bars on bikes designed around drops and always felt weird to me. Trail on this bike is around 65-69mm depending on tire size. I suppose it does differ a little from a riv in chainstay length at 423mm with the sliding drop outs slammed forward but does have a 20mm to play with (423-443). I’d assume that this could alter handling slightly too weight distribution wise.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:26 PM Paul Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > I disagree with Patrick, and without having read the articles, I think I > agree with Garth. It really depends on the frame. Swept back bars work > better on some frames than others. A long top tube is helpful. I climb > stand with Albatross and Bosco bars with my body up in between the grips > without sliding my hands forward very much. A longer top tube makes that > position, relative to the pedals, more similar to a bike with drop or > straight bars, where the grips are more in line with or in front of the > head tube. Bar width also matters some. > > Paul in NW Arkansas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/UjZjsdbHN6g/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c2fc8106-2535-4929-80b1-bb763f51b6aeo%40googlegroups.com > . > -- 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/CAAA20G77jtiGwt-YRvYrK7%3D-iN3Se3u7TrZwLV4fpJvcHXre3g%40mail.gmail.com.
