nice setups...i have noodles and am thinking of going back to moustache bars BUT with a difference: having some perpendicular 'extenders' on the ends of the moustache bars to mimic a 'ramp' of drop bars that would lend yet another hand position...i like their width...i find ramp of noodles too narrow (or most drops for that matter).
anyone done such moustache tweaking in search of the 'ultimate' bar (to me actually the trekking/butterfly bars are the ultimate: but they're too wide at 59-61 cm) On Sep 9, 10:27 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all! > > (wordy... skip to the link for the main content) > > For about a year before I got my Hillborne, I was a happy Albatross > bar cyclist. I remain a happy Albatross bar cyclist. But in my youth I > rode drop bars and liked them. Later I had also ridden mountain-bike-y > bars and liked them. Having ridden almost daily for a couple of years > now, I've gone from being a total couch-potato huffing-puffing fat guy > to being an energetic less-fat able-bodied guy. Along the way I have > discovered that almost all of my ideas about "discomfort" when cycling > were really reflecting my utter lack of general fitness. Growing more > fit made me realize I could sit this way and move that way and bend > the other way, without causing pain or feeling at risk. That is, I > started feeling even *more* comfortable on my bike, more loose and > more "able". And started thinking "you know, it wouldn't be so bad to > stretch out here, lean there, tuck in more". I began to wonder what > riding in positions besides being bolt upright might be like. And now > that I had a Hillborne frameset, surely one of the most versatile bike > platforms around, I thought perhaps I could set it up with different > handlebars to accommodate somewhat different riding styles and > positions. > > I had, as a stout-but-active middle-aged man, become bar-curious. > > (sorry...) > > In case you're still reading, below is a link to my web page > describing how I satisfied my curiosity. There you'll find > descriptions, parts lists, some pictures, and general comments. And, I > promise, no puns. > > http://tiny.cc/h1p8s > > I really can't overstate how much I like my Hillborne. For me, its > lengths and angles have felt exactly right from the very first time I > sat on one. Putting parts on it was truly fun. And now it looks > beautiful and rides great. In all its forms. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
