Yes, the bar tilt is crucial. For some reason over 3-4 decades I’ve always found that bars have to be perfectly level, otherwise my very sensitive left palm suffers. So I’d certainly bring the ends of the Albatross up to level.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2025, at 1:05 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > The way your bar looks is so “right” that I am very tempted to copy it. > > > In most things I believe in “looks right, flies right.” I’m struggling a > bit with my upright Sam, though. The bar angle that feels best is similar > to Spencer’s. However, he has a stem with a bit of rise above 90 degrees, > so the bar flats are close to parallel with the stem. I’m using a Tech Dlx > stem, so the stem extension is parallel to the ground (almost), and the bar > flats don’t match that nor (as with Spencer’s) do they match the slope of > the top tube. I rotated mine so the flats match the slope of the top tube, > and that looks better, but it doesn’t feel better. I may have to go with > the lesser aesthetic for the greater comfort. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1E95A859-E4E3-47D7-A577-B26252213152%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1E95A859-E4E3-47D7-A577-B26252213152%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtYKWAENThe3mW1eCtSzkk%3DGnaUD3hiBjnf_ubfr6YfLA%40mail.gmail.com.
