I actually went the other way, converting from Albatross to Noodles. With the Albas, I had a 12cm stem and bar end shifters (although I think thumbies would be better). They felt very upright for me - hence the move to Noodles - but I can't figure out whether I just didn't take to the sweepback of the Albas, or I was just used to drops. The Noodle setup is using 48cm noodles with a 7cm stem, although sometimes I wish it were 5cm or 6cm (or I just had compact bars). I'm going to try some SimWorks Fun 3s or Nitto Wavies with a 135 faceplater to see if that changes my mind on non-drop bars for this bike.
On Monday, 14 February 2022 at 11:28:50 UTC-5 Erik Wright wrote: > IMO it's hard to beat the look and feel of the Albatross. I've set up my > Sam with something like 6-7 different bars at this point; started with the > Albatross and finally came back around to that setup a few months back. It > seems like most newer bars that Riv makes come back extra far to complement > the longer reach of their newer models. Since the Albatross predates those > bikes I think they strike a nice balance when coming from drops. I think > something like +2cm on a stem will keep the fit/feel from popping you too > upright if you're used to Noodles. I have an 11cm stem and have considered > a 12, but since it's pretty fine as-is I haven't bothered with the swap. > > Shifter choice might also play into your decision. I have Microshift > thumbies flipped inboard which sorta takes away the "in between" hand > position because it clogs up the bars a bit. This is less of an issue on a > bar like Chocos because they have additional sweep. If you run bar ends, > you get that extra 2ish cm of sweep from the bar end pods and also get to > keep the "in between" position. I've been thinking about moving to stem > shifters or moving the thumbies up next to the stem in the forward-most > hand position. > > Erik, Philly > > On Monday, February 14, 2022 at 11:11:08 AM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: > >> You will want a longer stem to move to sweptback. How much longer >> depends on which bars you choose. Unless you want to move to albastache in >> which case you can keep everything your noodles have. I like to go with a >> shorter stem when moving from drops to albastache. For conventional >> sweptback my suggestion for first sweptback from drops is choco or losco. >> But it's really a preference thing and hinges on how upright you want to be. >> >> On Monday, February 14, 2022 at 10:39:36 AM UTC-5 rcr...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> >>> I've got a Hillborne which I've always used with noodle bars, but want >>> to convert it to upright swept back bars. Anybody else made a similar >>> conversion, and which bars did you get? Should I get a new 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/991aac84-2caa-4b87-85c7-261de2562f24n%40googlegroups.com.
