Black 31.8 flared drops in either 52 or 58 at the ends. Hoods are much narrower. I like the 58. I got a 52 at a great price from Analog, and Candace said “you probably won’t like it if you’re over 5’2”. She was right, at least with the Ritchey Force stem on the RoadLite. I swapped for a 58 and put moustache bars on the Frances.
https://www.bike-components.de/en/NITTO/RM-3-SSB-31-8-Handlebars-p73417/#product-image-14 https://analogcycles.com/product/nitto-super-flare-heat-treated-dirt-drops/ These used to be easier to find, and the silver 25.4 ones were harder to find. Times change. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:58:29 AM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > My Monocog (so much prettier than Leah's Platypus) is surprisingly > comfortable with the stock (at least, that's what I got with the bike as > second owner) mtb bar after I cut fully 8" off of it, but the shortening > also cut off the ends that curved backward, and now there is only a minimal > rearward angle; I'd like more. Also, I'd like more positions, both a sit up > and beg type position and a lower and narrower hard-surface cruising > position in addition to the sit-up-and-beg. > > I know that I could get what I need with a longer (say 110 or 120 mm > instead of 90) and higher (say 45* instead of 30*) stem, but the Monocog > has cable discs (which work perfectly well with mtb levers, btw -- no > rubbing, strong, only rather grabby). If I were to swap in a drop bar, I'd > have to change the levers. > > 1. Jones bar or flared drop or something else? I don't want a bar with > huge rearward sweep and, in fact, if I were to buy the Jones bar I looked > at, I'd amputate all but fistfulls from each end. > > 2. If drop, which one? I'd like a flared drop for dirt and brush control, > but with slightly narrower hoods that are comfortable when cruising on > flat, hard ground, not hugely wide (of the 6 or 8 flared drops I tried over > the years, from the original WTBs to the an On One bar of some sort that > was far too wide, a 44 cm Salsa Bell Lap was the best, but that was 10 > years ago or more. I'd set this up higher and closer so that the hooks are > comfortable on (flat) singletrack, but the hoods comfortable for cruising > with elbows bent, and the flats for situpandbeg. > > 3. Brake lever question: One advantage of the Jones is that I could use > the existing levers. But for a drop bar, another question: Has anyone > experience using cable *MOUNTAIN BIKE *discs with *NON-AERO ROAD* levers? > Those in question are an old pair of mid-level Campy *non aero* levers. > > 4. On One Mary? I find the present too-straight cut down mtb bar more > comfortable than the apparently similar Suly Open bar, though. > > Ta! > > Patrick > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a0c296dd-9259-4a78-8fa0-b82eb1f1b461n%40googlegroups.com.
