I can ride the 48cm Noodles just fine. But I can't fathom riding a drop bar that is a lot less wide. I don't know if it's accurate, but my general impression is that 48cm drops are seen as huge. That is just odd to me. I mean, I know I'm big and all (6', 245-and-falling), but I'm not the biggest cyclist on earth. Yet apparently my drop bar of choice is the largest I've ever seen. I'd probably have a 50 if I knew where I could get one.
Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Sep 10, 2:39 pm, canali <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
