Eh, I'm really thinking of going back to a drop bar of some sort - there's 100000000000 of them out there, and it seems ones with shallower drops and mid to high flare are going to make the drops usable. And I probably want something with a longer ramp for even more position variability. There are just. so. many. bars. now.
On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 10:47:53 AM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: > I love handlebar discussions. I am a pretty big fan of the Albastache bars > and generally have moved to them in instances where I would normally use > drops. Similar to you I don't really ride in the drops so Noodles just > don't have the same amount of options. That said I also love the look and > traditional feel of drops. I plan to try out the Blue Lug specific variant > of the Noodles. They are the same bar but with shallower drops and less > reach. It seems like that could be perfect and make riding in the drops > more accessible. As far as anything that would keep you with road levers > for brifters thats about the only options. Albastache bars are clunky set > up that way because of the way you need to throw the lever to shift. I have > only held off trying the BL bars because I am waiting for a stem I want to > come in so that shipping makes more sense. > > Now if you do want to move toward a thumb shifter route for road bikes I > cannot recommend the Losco bars enough. So good for a sweptback road > experience. > > On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 9:54:02 AM UTC-5 modemm...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> I have a 2016 Sam, from the batch of completes that year. I love the >> bike, and now that I'm riding a lot more (my wife was gifted with being >> able to ride again after not being able to for years; she has a '16 Sam >> too), I swapped bars from the stock (Nitto Noodle) to an Albastache. >> >> The Noodle was only giving me ONE hand position, on the hoods. The drops >> didn't feel usable to me and the flats are just too narrow for my comfort. >> The hoods position was putting a lot of pressure on the meaty part of my >> hands behind the thumbs. >> >> The 'Stache fixes that and gives me a lot of hand positions - on the >> "hoods" (but it's a big flat on the 'Stache of course), behind them, and >> pretty much all along the rest of the bar. I like it, but... >> >> I do miss the hand position that only comes from having a drop bar on >> being on those hoods in that orientation; I just need one that will put >> them in a spot that doesn't put all the weight on the meaty-hand-part >> behind the thumbs. >> >> I have to admit I also miss how the bike looks with a drop bar. O_o I >> dunno, I guess the bike just "wants" that look, to me. >> >> I'd also like to not run the shifters as barend shifters... So I'd go >> thumbie or some type of (SHHHH DON'T TELL GRANT) brifter. >> >> The other issue I don't have access to the funds that some others around >> here seem to. :) These bikes were EXPENSIVE to us ($2,600 a pop and we've >> added front and rear racks, fenders, etc.) >> >> Ideas, comments, questions, help, etc, etc? I'm sure lots around here >> have Sams and have done this handlebar/cockpit rodeo lots of times! >> > -- 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/0ac10612-356d-4069-b87f-0e13741c639dn%40googlegroups.com.
