They do look rather like the wholly excellent Maes Parallels, but the reach seams quite a bit more than the MP's 115 mm. It does indeed make you wonder how you'd get your hands into the hooks.
What interested me was how the design seems to almost obviate the need for a stem extension -- the bar has so much reach that it almost seems that you could have an integrated, no reach stem like those on rod brake roadsters! Or does the photograph somehow distort the bar's reach? As to the crest, I can only say that the finish of the MPs is so good that it makes the Noodles look like cheap, Chinese-made OEM bars in comparison -- and I'm not kidding. It is the nicest finish I've ever seen on a bar, bar none (hah!). I do like the Noodles, too, if sufficiently narrow, at least for applications where I want the flat of the bar higher: the deeper drop allows a still aero position, and of course the Noodles, too, have a nice, though shorter, ramp. I wonder now how I felt comfortable on 185s for so many years. The Maes Parallels come in (IIRC) 37, 38 and 39 at the hoods and 39, 40 and 41 at the ends of the hooks. Reach is 115 mm and drop is 125 mm. Noodles, for contrast, 96 mm reach and 140 mm drop -- odd, the ramps seem longer, but perhaps that's because I've been using Noodles with very long-hood Tektro levers. -- ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
