Soma’s wonderful 22.2 mustache bar- https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/27782-soma-handlebar-3-speed-ii-moustache-silver-3253?category=781&search=soma#attr= Unfortunately it’s out of stock, fingers crossed that’s not a forever thing, they’re great. -Kai
On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 9:52:09 AM UTC-5 Coal Bee Rye Anne wrote: > I have Chocomoose bars which only come in the flipped orientation and > really enjoy them with inverse brake levers so I have long uninterrupted > grips that offer lots of fore/aft adjustment from ends through curves. > Have not tried an upright non moose version for comparison so more or less > use them like a moustache or Albastache substitute. > > I previously managed to get the steel band of an old Sturmey 3speed > shifter clamped around moustache 23.8 bars but placed it near the bar end > rather than up along the curves. I had to pry it open a bit and took some > finagling to get the screw aligned but think it worked out ok once threads > were properly engaged but having used the flipped Choco I’d give it a shot. > > > I think Soma may also have a 22.2 moustache bar as well but forget which > one. > > > On Sunday, February 1, 2026, Shannon Menkveld <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Last week, I was looky-looing around on Craigslist, as I'm wont to do, >> and I came across an ad for a free frameset. A bit of encouragement from >> the enablers on the bikeforums.net Classic & Vintage forum was all that >> it needed to put me on a southbound BART on Wednesday afternoon, enroute to >> the Berryessa / North San Jose station, where I picked up this: >> >> [image: 20260128_160055.jpg] >> [image: 20260128_160339.jpg] >> [image: 20260129_104128.jpg] >> [image: kestrel_cb24742fa013957eefc3d8f1c11014676fe31cf7.jpg] >> >> A 1950 Hercules Kestrel Club. 531 mains, hi-ten stays & fork. 70.5 >> parallel angles, super-long stays (18"), and a raked-out (2-1/2") fork. >> >> 21" frame, so the smaller of the two. My '71 Raleigh Competition is a >> 23-1/2 (~86.5 PBH, I ride ~58 cm road bikes and ~19" MTBs.) Same top tube >> on both frames, too, even though they're 2.5 inches and 21 years apart. >> >> Anywho, my plan is for a 3-speed, 650B, path-racer-inspired, C&V road & >> trail bike. And that, combined with the one-size-too-small-ness of the >> thing, leads me to thinking about flipped curvy bars on a Dirt Drop stem. >> (I loves me some drops, and the bike came with them, but I'm not feeling >> the drop-bar-vibe on this one. Plus the band clamps on old S-A trigger >> shifters are too small.) >> >> And so, I figured I'd come here and see what y'all would recommend, out >> of the bars that Rivendell Rivensells. I did go out there today, picked up >> some hub shiners and some film. Will let me ride a few bikes with different >> bars on 'em, but of course none were upside down. That taken into account, >> I was diggin' the Chocos quite a bit. I have big hands for my 5'11" self, >> and I'll be riding on the curves a lot, so the wide radius there was >> seeming like happiness. >> >> Anybody riding on upside down Rivenbars? And what did you like / dislike? >> >> --Shannon >> >> -- >> 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/2b24914c-8431-40b5-a646-9318c1604bdcn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2b24914c-8431-40b5-a646-9318c1604bdcn%40googlegroups.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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eaa52d7d-a2a6-4455-8728-0b9d0e1cdcc3n%40googlegroups.com.
