I also recently installed Albatross bars (not upside down) on my Charlie, but I think I need to tweak them. I haven't installed my grips yet, but after a quick 20m ride my hands/wrists made it clear that the angle wasn't working.
Here is a photo of the process, I'll post the new setup once I have the grips finalized. [image: IMG_8661 (1).jpeg] I do like the Paul levers / Paul v-brake combo, brakes feel better than the cane creek ones I had on the noodles. Abe, would you mind posting a side photo of your CHG? Max, always tinkering in Boston On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 6:01:32 PM UTC-5 Scott wrote: > Excellent...thanks for the report, Abe! > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 03:57:58 PM MST, Abe Gardner < > abe.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Schwable G-One Allround 700x50. Fits nicely, great for gravel and chunky > pavement; very good on smooth pavement. Slight noise on pavement but only > compared to Snoqualmie Pass (700x44mm) tire smoothness. I’d love to try > Hatcher Pass (700x48mm smooth) next but thes G-One Allrounds are super (and > cheaper by a small bit vs. Rene Herse tires). > > I’m running them with tubes that have some Stan’s sealant inside - never a > flat but currently a slow leak that probably resolved with the sealant > since my lunch time ride. > > Abe > > > On Nov 15, 2022, at 2:21 PM, 'Scott Luly' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > What tires are those, Abe? > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 01:17:34 PM MST, Pancake < > abe.g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > <C4176DC6-AD02-4CDD-9BC2-C9C4BC167FFC.jpeg> > <A3B1A5B2-3946-48CF-8155-370280D0D8AD.jpeg> > > I put albatross bars on my Charlie, mounted them upside down and raise the > stem way high. This gives me a better grip towards the front of the curves > of the bar, but I also put some bar ends at the most forward point, so they > give a on the hoods type of position as well. very nice for pulling on and > leading down into the wind. Open to suggestions on where to mount the > shifters, they feel pretty good mounted towards the center. I’m really > enjoying the bar is mounted upside down, it’s just a more comfortable way > to hold in the curves. I am on a Nitto Technomic, 10 cm extension stem, > this leaves the hand grips about level with the saddle at the maximum > insertion point. > > V- brakes! Switching to the albatross bars, with cheap, avid levers, and > nice DRX brake arms improoves the braking dramatically. It’s really night > and day compared to calipers or the short arm v-brakes I was using before. > The stopping power both better modulated and much stronger. But the weird, > unnecessarily, strong mechanical advantage of a short arm (85mm) V- brakes > is gone. Long arm v-brakes are the only way to go. > > I’m sure I’ll shift the cockpit around but so far super happy with the > change (from Soma Portola drop bars and TRP RRL brake levers with lite pro > short arm v brakes). > > > Abe > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8c3d6668-0226-42a1-ac48-bcd0562c3414n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8c3d6668-0226-42a1-ac48-bcd0562c3414n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/j5vUNKjgsUE/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1957388405.558885.1668550842559%40mail.yahoo.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1957388405.558885.1668550842559%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <C4176DC6-AD02-4CDD-9BC2-C9C4BC167FFC.jpeg> > <A3B1A5B2-3946-48CF-8155-370280D0D8AD.jpeg> > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/FAD46064-3B72-4DD8-9AE6-58074CEB86D1%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/FAD46064-3B72-4DD8-9AE6-58074CEB86D1%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/327fc7dc-ae8b-45ac-ae23-dd5da95d1954n%40googlegroups.com.
