Thanks Roberta. It is the Choco Norm I am thinking about. On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM Roberta <rchas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I only ride one hand position--at the end. > > I had Choco-Moose (C-M) on my Joe Appaloosa and loved it. I had Albatross > on my A Homer Hilsen and liked it. > > A year later, I swapped out the C-M on Joe A. for Albatross, trying to > lighten my bike, and disliked it. I kept the albatross on my AHH but got > a shorter stem and LOVED it. (The same bar gave me two very different > impressions!) > > I swapped back the C-M bars on my Joe A. and now I'm loving that bike > again, too. > > My conclusion is that the bars are only part of the story--stem height, > length, physical relationship to it, a body's lean angle-- all are > intertwined. I think I had put on a too short stem when I changed from the > C-M with integrated stem to an Albatross with a standard stem and that was > my real issue. Probably buying a longer stem would have made me very > happy. But, I already owned the C-M, so I went back to that. > > I like the Choco for it's clean line, and the Albatross for its rise and > flowing artistry. Also, the Choco is narrower, so might appeal more to > those of us without broad shoulders. For my next bike, if rise isn't an > issue, I'd go with the Choco (norm this time). > > > > On Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 2:37:41 PM UTC-5 Joel S wrote: > >> I had my bike on roller with a fork mount as the weather had turned >> cold. Today it has warmed up so I changed the rear tire back and went >> out. While on the rollers the Albatross bars were not very comfortable so >> I have been thinking of Choco bars. On the road they felt fine. Wondering >> from those that have used both what your thoughts are on these 2 bars. >> >> Thanks >> > -- > 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/fyG6Zgl8Cb4/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/da59dfe4-6b06-413c-8405-19a3fe7a92cdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/da59dfe4-6b06-413c-8405-19a3fe7a92cdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ~IMPORTANT~ Note to all~~ EMAIL ETIQUETTE If you forward this email, please highlight and delete the forwarding history, which includes my email address and maybe others. It is a courtesy to me and others who may not wish to have their email addresses sent all over the world. Erasing the history helps prevent Spammers from obtaining addresses, prevents viruses from being propagated, and limits the proliferation of spam. Also, please use the “BCC” area instead of “TO” and “CC” when forwarding to several people at once. ~~Thank you~~ -- 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/CAPjfky_1Mv2XauVCTgSN8zSKrwPyGd0aEFk7FOt9qD_uO_VVtQ%40mail.gmail.com.
