The handlebars on the 1980 René Herse are Cinelli 64s. As Matthew pointed out, Rivendell used to sell these as the "Dream Bars". For comfort, the older Philippe Professionels are much more comfortable. The Nitto Noodles are loosely based on those, and the Grand Bois Maes Parallel bars are a close copy. I wrote about this on our blog:
http://janheine.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/handlebars-old-and-new/ So in effect, we are going back in time. The first step was resurrecting the 1970s bars ("Dream"), and now we prefer the 1950s bars ("Noodle" and "Maes Parallel"). The main reason is that the 1970s bars were optimized for out-of-the-saddle sprinting, while the 1950s bars were optimized for long days in the saddle. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly http://www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
