You can just chop an inch off the end of the Albas if that's the part that feels too close. My wife is about your height, maybe a bit taller and likes the bars higher but with less "comeback" so she uses a Northroad bar on her MB2. 9cm dirt drop stem.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:28 PM, KLA <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a female, 5'6, 84 PBH with an Yves, fist full of seat post showing, > 9cm nitto technomic stem. The albatross bars feel a little too close - > angled them down and lowered them, so the stem is level with the saddle, > which helped. > > I thought a longer stem (11 or 12) would be better - but the LBS cautioned > it would put more weight on my hands, and longer stems are usually for men, > who often have shorter legs and longer torsos. I have long legs for my > height, and possibly long arms for my height. Also, my neck gets tense, > would a longer stem make that worse? > Most of the internet chatter about stem length discuss drop bars, not > a-bars. > > What stem length are other women on the Betty/Yves using - I prefer being > somewhat leaned over, not too upright! > > Thanks! > > -- > 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-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
