I'm with Esteban-- I love how the All-Rounder looks with Moustache bars. If you're comfortable on them now, I'd say keep 'em. Consider yourself lucky--a lot of people just don't find them comfortable.
Woodchippers are cool bars for the right bike (something like a Salsa Fargo, Singular Gryphon, or custom Matt Chester drop bar fixed gear monstercrosser) but aesthetically I find them a bit weird, they don't jive with the classic level TT design of an early Riv. In any case, as others have pointed out, it can be difficult to get them to play well with certain quill stems. On Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:57:35 AM UTC-8, Esteban wrote: > > Now, that's a Rivendell. I wouldn't change a damn thing - totally dialed > in. Woodchippers would give you more drop, but if you find the Moustache > bars acceptable, they provide many more hand positions. With "drop bar > MTB" bars, you're in the hooks almost exclusively. > > > > On Monday, February 4, 2013 4:42:15 PM UTC-8, jinxed wrote: >> >> Over the last 5-6 months I have spent the majority of miles on the cross >> bike. Did some racing, but mainly a bunch of mixed path/singletrack riding. >> I have enjoyed it so much, and surprisingly become very comfortable with >> drop bars off road. That said, I am thinking of switching up the All >> Rounder for the upcoming spring-summer season. >> >> I've been riding it with my go to mustache bar setup, and some 40mm >> marathonesque Bontrager tires. Essentially X01 in nature. I'm thinking >> about throwing back on the fatty knobs and switching to something like a >> woodchipper drop bar with some new style canecreek levers. Sort of a >> monstercross I guess? >> >> I keep wanting to add some (additional) color to the bike with the bar >> wrap, but the yellow of the frame is an extremely STRONG hue to get along >> with. I've tried black, white, and natural cork, but meh. I was considering >> trying to find one of those green brooks and matching the bars. Maybe a >> dk.green / celery green harlequin would be cool?? >> >> Hit me up on your woodchipper thoughts and aesthetic preponderances! >> >> Here's the bike with the fattys on >> it.<http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/6860650144_3fd1cbb6d8_c.jpg> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
