The first good bicycle I picked up was from an old co-worker who complained his back prevented him from riding. I was just getting back into bicycling as I retired and had discovered Rivendell, etc.. I realized that was my type of riding. When he said he had this bicycle he wanted to get rid of, I asked him what kind it was thinking it would be a department store type. He told me it was a Bridgestone in almost new condition. It still has the original Richey slicks with nubs on them. I expected to put mustache or drop bars on it. It's an XO-5 with original arc bars which I can't get myself to replace. They are just so comfortable. I have since picked up a lugged Miyata Triple Cross which I put mustache bars on and and lugged Bianchi Advantage that I put drop bars on. I toy with changing the bars on the XO-5 and then I just ride and forget about it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71834221@N00/8468670874/in/photostream David Hays Kenmore, New York On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:57:44 AM UTC-5, Seth Vidal wrote: > > I've been toying with differentiating the hilsen and the romulus some more > and I decided I would try some radically different bars. I had a pair of > these inexpensive arc bars on a tandem and I really liked the position I > ended up in. So I thought I'd try it out on the hilsen. > > I think the stem reach might be a bit too long and maybe a touch higher > than I want but the position doesn't feel too bad. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/skvidal/8468508156/in/photostream/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/skvidal/8467413961/in/photostream/ > > > Input welcome. > > -sv > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
