I'm transitioning to drop bars for the rando season, and I've decided that the drops are there for wind and stretching the back only (for me). I generally ride on the hoods, or on the flat curves on my similar Nitto B115 (deep drops). The flats to hoods give me as much real-estate as my Porteur bars (albeit stretching the other way). With enough bar height, and the right reach, I'm fine in the neck and hands dept, and always have the drops if I'm heading into a nasty headwind and need to get more aero, or more power.
Brian Seattle On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Jay in Tel Aviv <[email protected]> wrote: > Smitty, > > I'm in a similar situation with Noodles. I'm pretty sure the stem > length on my Sam is right for me at 8 cm (down from 10), but I can't > figure out if I want to adjust the height up or down. > > As it is, the hoods are good but perhaps a bit high. But I wouldn't > mind the drops a little higher. > I was thinking about Albas, but maybe a more differently shaped drop > bar would make more sense. > > Jay > > On Feb 24, 6:29 am, Smitty-A-Go-Go <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always had straight or upright bars. Went with mustache bars when I > > bought my Hilsen in September. I've been riding the M's for half a year > and > > don't hate them but haven't fallen in love with them either. I've decided > > it's time to try a different handlebar. I suspect I may be on the path to > > being an early adopter of the New Bar. In the mean time... I've been > > sitting on a 48cm noodle bar bought off the list here. Today I removed > the > > M's and put on the noodles. I tried them out with 2 stems... 7cm and > 9cm. > > > > My riding style/pace is pretty casual so I imagine most of my riding will > > be on the tops or on the hoods. > > > > With the 7cm stem the tops are kinda too close but not deal-breader bad, > > the hoods are fine and the drops are close/comfortable enough that I > could > > see myself using them. > > > > With the 9cm stem the tops are in a great place, the hoods seem like a > good > > aggressive position, but the drops are so far forward that I'm not sure I > > would use them hardly ever. > > > > These are all first impressions from a couple laps around the block by a > > guy who's only ever ridden drops a few times on friends' bikes. > > > > I would love to hear people's opinion's on balancing the aggressive vs > > leisurely positions/set-up on a drop bar. This may all be a moot point > If > > I go with the New Bar next month but it's fun to fiddle with for now. > > > > --Smitty > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
