I will definitely second being less comfortable when I am too upright. I still haven't found a bar with back sweep and rise (albatross, boscos, etc.) that I feel comfortable on. My bikes are all pretty much drops or flat bars (wavies, bullmoose, Jones). I can only descend hills at any sort of speed on drop bars. My favorite drops are Randonneur Bars (which Riv does not sell) - the bars sweep up at the outside so that the ramps are above the stem. I have been riding drops for 52 years since that first Varsity Sport, the Super Sport a year later introduced me to Randonneur bars (and Chrome-Moly frames and alloy rims and Brooks saddles). The top of my bars are above the Saddle these days, but the drops are still below the saddle.
Laing Delray Beach FL On Monday, June 13, 2022 at 6:03:47 AM UTC-4 Garth wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm surely not a "typical" Riv rider in that I grew up and am still most > comfortable/relaxed with a forward leaning position. The more upright I go > the more unstable I feel on the bike, exactly the opposite of what's being > touted. Don't believe anything/everything you read, *even this*, > everything you need to know you already know within yourself. I wouldn't > make a very good teacher as that'd be about all I'd say to the > "students"..... that and "why ask me that which you already know and are ?" > Why ?.... so that in asking and answering we can laugh/revel in the > hilarity of playing *question and answer *! Self Revelation ... > > -- 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/7ddb7aa3-a31e-43bd-8200-d313f68c6e82n%40googlegroups.com.
