[RBW] Has anyone gone from drops to Albas and regretted it?

2014-02-08 Thread Arthur Lewy
Tried albas on my Ramb. Loved the appearance and the extra brake control. I found myself on the bends most of the time: I think the Ramb tt is on the sort side even with a 11 cm stem. However the breaker and reason I switched back to Noodles is that the more upright position resulted in back

[RBW] Has anyone gone from drops to Albas and regretted it?

2014-02-07 Thread Tonester
I've got noodles on my Atlantis and like them fine, but curiosity.. -- 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] Has anyone gone from drops to Albas and regretted it?

2014-02-07 Thread Peter Pesce
I think it has everything to do with your use of the bike. For distances I think a drop bar has proven to be pretty good. For a town bike ridden for fun or in traffic I like the upright posture of bars like albas. In an ideal world you'd have a bike or two with each. I had noodles on my Sam