Good morning, all. I guess this is a good example of everybody needing to make their own peace with moustache bars. I like them low and a bit far away. With this positioning, I do most of my riding with my hands at 10 and 2 on the curves leading from the hooks to the bar ends. When my hands need a little relief, I rotate my wrists or move my hands to a new place. When my hands or back need more relief, I can lean into the hooks or go upright at the bar ends. I also use the hooks position for headwinds or faster moments. And, I like grabbing on the straight bar segments when climbing.
With this configuration, I find that I have to tilt the bars down or else the bar ends force my wrists into a broken position, like after you swing a hammer or cast a fly. I've also positioned my saddle and bars so that I'm pretty balanced and can lift my hands off the bar and still stay in my riding position. So, not a lot of pressure on the bars to begin with. With all of that said, on a couple of longer rides, at the 60-70 mile mark, I have felt some discomfort in my hands that I have yet to experience with drop bars. Anyways, here's some pics of my setup: *http://tinyurl.com/3upa5ox **http://tinyurl.com/9owepc5 **http://tinyurl.com/3sjfeoq* Happy Friday! Lee SF, CA On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Kelly <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the mustache bars on my Quickbeam. My biggest mistake with them > was to have them to far away. A nice stretched out ride in the hooks but > due to the short backward reach I was always putting to much pressure on me > hands for all day tours when sitting up. > I love the feel up on in the hooks but the end of bar feel has been > difficult to find a happy place for me. I have raised the bar now and > installed a dirt drop stem to shorten the reach. Feels better sitting up > but doesn't feel "as" good when climbing or in the hooks. Overall I like > them and will keep them on this bike for a while longer. > > Kelly > > > On Friday, September 7, 2012 2:14:04 AM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote: >> >> I used to really like my moustache bars, but now I don't, so I kind of >> wonder about angles, too. I did have albatross bars on that bike for a >> while, and a different seat. Either I didn't set the m-bars up the same as >> they had been before, or else *I* changed... >> >> Philip >> www.biketinker.com >> >> On Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:32:35 PM UTC-7, 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/-/-xYxd_Q_8WgJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
