I personally wish I would have listened to the wisdom of the group when I
joined this forum in '08. I would have saved a lot of time and money...
I originally had 46cm Noodles on my Hilsen, but found the drops unusable at
the time as they felt 'way too low' and the 46cm was wide enough that
lol you're my favorite poster on here. I'm just trying to figure out the
best set up to roll the dice on first. At $90 a pop handlebar+possible
stem change, experimentation can get expensive. I feel the drop bars would
be a safer choice for my tastes. But the sam I test rode and liked had
I find drop bars very comfortable if you fit them to your body - right
height etc. If high enough you are able to ride in drops comfortably and
use the hoods and front for upright riding as well.I love them on my
AHH. I have the albatross on my Tour bike Bombadil... I've been riding
Albastache. Distances up to 90+ so far this year and loving it.
With abandon,
Patrick
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One more thought... don't just daydream about building up a Sam... DO IT!!!
I didn't get mine until fairly recently and feel like I lost years of
joyful riding. It is, by far, the best bike I've ever owned. Makes me
want to ride it everywhere, all the time. I love that bike!
Good luck
I tried the 'Stache. I found the brake levers, which have to be mounted
almost in plane with the bars, did not mesh with my weird wrists. I am one
of those weirdo's who's ulna is longer than normal. Carpal tunnel surgeries
didn't help. I run drop bars very high, with the plane of the seat about
Like many on the list, I've had multiple drops, straight bars, Boscos,
Mustache, Albatross and Albastache. Boscos were too high up for me and
lacked a range of hand positions. I'm not a fan of drops finding that I
rarely rode in the drop portion. My Hillborne came with Albatross bars. I
thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone. Just discovered the riv
catalog, good reading in there. Wish I knew about it before my visit so I
could've picked up a print version.
On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 9:41:00 PM UTC-7, Daniel D. wrote:
Day Dreaming about how I would build up a sam.
Read all the posts and agree with Garth. There are just so many variables.
Here are my experiences.
On my 58cm Hilsen in 2013 I toured from SF to Paso with noddle bars and
found it adequate, they really made it difficult on a slow loaded climb as
it was difficult to keep the load under
My tour bike has Albatross bars. Set up with top of the stem slightly
above the saddle and the bars angled slightly down. This bike uses fore
and aft low rider racks. Other than my corpse and a small saddle bag to
store my wallet, snack, and a map, no non-bike weight above the top of the
Bars are bars , how you choose to use them is infinite :) So is
the frame , infinite ways to set one up . So no one can fully answer your
question but you , *know thyself *!
Think about pictures of Sam frames or Alba bars . It seems most set
them up all similar ways on
I've done many 45 mile rides with the Albatross and Bullmoose and I rarely
ride much further than that in one day.
I do not have a bike with drop bars. I gave up on them years ago. I'm
5'4. My arms and torso are short, so the distance between the tops and
the hoods is too great --- if one
I haven't ridden the albastache, but love Alba's for commuting/around town
riding. I honestly prefer the Bosco's for longer rides as they give the
upright ride, but also multiple hand positions that are truly valid.
Best,
Eric
On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 11:11:52 AM UTC-4, drew wrote:
I'm
I did a ~1200 mile tour with Albatross bars, set up just above saddle
height. I was riding ~80 miles a day and felt extremely comfortable. I
particularly enjoyed the feeling of touring while riding upright -- looking
around felt much more natural. I found myself less fidgety than I
typically
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