It’s nice when we can ride our preferences and at least not denigrate other preferences. I found Rivendell because I was having terrible neck pain. Anything low (most bikes/stems) had me cranking my neck. Anything aluminum was jarring. **I didn’t know there were other options.** Until…
I now ride happily pain free on my upright Rivendells, about the same lean as recommended in the article. I have multiple hand positions on my Billie and albatross bars but never use them. I see the roses rather than wizzing by them. It comes down to goals and wants. About a month ago I went on a hot 90* “D” ride to the bike club picnic and although everyone had kits and drop bars , they were a nice group and friendly to me. We went at a C+ pace because we all could go that speed. I told them I’m a weak rider especially on hills, just in case I needed to hike a bike. I was one of the first up the hills, although I didn’t care if I was up front; I just didn’t want to hike a bike. One older guy had really skinny tires was humped over his bike and probably weighed over 250 lbs. His buddy said he should bring water on the ride. No, it weighs too much, he said. (I’m not kidding.). I’m sure I had a more comfortable ride. I sure had fun though talking with everyone and I’ll join the group again once once the temps lower. On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 7:29:03 AM UTC-4 Marc Irwin wrote: > It was a normal Monday night ride with the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. A > typical group was riding 15-16 MPH for 25 or so miles. A good bunch of > people in biking regalia on their over the counter crotch rockets with drop > bars, except for me and Leah Peterson on our Rivendells. with upright > bars. In the lousy cell phone shot I took from the back of the group, > Leah is the second white helmet from from the front left. Notice her > posture compared to the body position of all the riders on their drop bars. > [image: high bars.jpg] > It was that way the whole ride. Most club riders assume their drop bars > make them faster, after all, EVERYBODY uses them right? > > Marc > -- 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/4b5fb6db-91cb-4393-a439-4ec3a90a8d4an%40googlegroups.com.
