I like them to be more or less parallel to the ground. That is, so that the 'return' part of the bar or end of the hooks is horizontal, or maybe barely-perceptibly pointed downward.
One of the the keys to moustache bars I have found is to give them a little time. You need at least a week of riding every day before you really get to liking them. I have moustache bars on one of my bikes but have noodles on my regular commuter and so am most used to those- and I find that if I switch over to the moustache-barred bike for a while, it a takes a bit to get settled in and really appreciate them. Once I get to that point, they are touring-comfortable, no problem. The other thing about moustaches is that I have to have my levers set up so that the brake lever hoods are no more than 12.5-13" apart between the points (where the cable comes out on non-aero levers). This is about what the original Bridgestone catalog recommended I believe. If they are too far apart, riding on the hoods doesn't work, and that, or some variant of that (there are multiple ways to ride on the hoods on moustaches), is my 75-percent-of-the-time position on those bars. I seen a lot of people set up their moustaches with the levers much farther apart, like out/down on the hooks, and I wonder if that's why they don't end up liking the bars sometimes. On Friday, September 7, 2012 1:32:35 AM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: > > Seeing Manny's panda photo has prompted me to wonder: What is the attitude > (tilt) of your mustache bars? > > I'm on my second mustache-equipped bike, and having the same problem > finding a comfortable tilt that I had on the first (which I long ago > switched over to standard drop bars). So I ask of those of you who have > M-bars and like them: how do you have them set up? Parallel to the ground? > Tilted? > > Any help the group can offer to find a way to set up the bars so they're > comfortable for more than an hour's ride would be much appreciated. > > --Eric "Love the Look, Hate the Feel" Norris > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7yFwCjYqpU0J. 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.
