Thanks, Wesley, this is useful information. An Albastache won't replace my drop bars because I often use the hooks, but it might give more hand positions on my Monocog 29er than the (cut down) MAP/Ahearne bar currently on it, which, though it is the best "upright" bar I've used to date, is not as comfortable as my drops.
The one thing that makes me hesitate about the Albastache (and other Rivendell bars) is the width; I've learned over many years that I just don't like bars much wider than 46 cm, shorter stems or not. But it remains on my "definitely maybe" list. On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 10:05 AM Wesley <brooks.wes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an Albastache on an old road bike frame, and an albatross on an old > MTB all-purpose tank. The albastache is great! compared to the albatross, > it is more comfortable to grab the curve because it conforms to a natural > arm posture with the pinky lower than the index (which is opposite to the > rise on the albatross.) The albastache lacks an equivalent position to the > drops on a drop bar, but over the years I've found that I never get into > the drops, anyway. If that doesn't bother you and if your body is like > mine, then you'll find that the positions it does have are more comfortable > than their drop-bar equivalents. > -W > > On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 6:30:40 AM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I entirely agree that position or fit generally is the most important >> thing in bike comfort and riding efficiently (yes, comfort is relative; but >> even a pro will ride faster if he is more comfortable than if he is more >> uncomfortable, and bad fit is probably the worst thing for comfort), and I >> agree entirely too that the entire virtue of drop bars is that they offer >> many different positions for comfort (yes, and efficiency, but believe me, >> tucked into the hooks against a 25 mph headwind in a 70-something fixed >> gear is a hell of a lot more comfortable than trying to buck that wind >> while sitting upright). >> >> But!! Tell me if I am right or wrong: I thought that the entire >> smorgasbord of the many different Rivendell upright models came about >> precisely to give more comfortable upright riding with multiple hand >> positions -- isn't this right? >> >> I've not used any non-drop Riv bar since the old Priest and original >> edition Moustache bars, but I have been tempted to try an Albastache >> precisely because **I thought** that this was an improvement in hand >> positions and therefore comfort over the old Albatross and Moustache bars. >> >> Anyone? >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 2:51 PM George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> .... Consider instead what Nick Payne so clearly underscores in his very >>> accurate post above about the multi-position availability that the road >>> bars offer a cyclist that upright or flat bars simply cannot. >>> >> -- > 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/1f13950d-a7ea-47da-93ad-19b274f2abdan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1f13950d-a7ea-47da-93ad-19b274f2abdan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/CALuTfgvWCF7r10WYfBHerY4iXCRA3Zxq9szqwN0_LpTZzCdY4A%40mail.gmail.com.
