I mentioned it on your flickr page and I'll repeat it here: you're on
a slippery slope my friend. What's next? Cycling shoes and clipless
pedals? Bib shorts? No fenders? No bags or racks?
I no how it goes and it's okay. Kinda nice to have a simple quick
unencumbered road machine. Enjoy.
--mike
Be careful with the Brooks saddle. I've ever found the B17 to be comfortable
on long rides with lower bars. I don't think the saddle is ideal for that.
The raise the bars philosophy works with the B17s are the greatest saddles
in the world philosophy pretty well, but it's hard to change
Hey, man, I've already slid down that slope, and it ain't all that
bad. Really. Actually, it's a rather fun slide!
I know what Joe is saying about the B17. I found the same thing when I
moved from bars-above-saddle to bars-below-saddle. The solution (or
solutions) were simple: first tried a
I concur. Look at the Toupe saddle on my orange Ram:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46035...@n07/4228026345/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46035...@n07/4228790514/
And on a slightly loaded overnighter bike! It's one of those saddles that comes
in a slightly wider but not too wide size. I like
I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to
your height not forgetting your age, weight and flexibility. I know I
have short arms, am overweight, old and inflexible so my bikes are all
odd looking to most with a bar height of 2- 3 cm higher than the
saddle. I'm fine with
Lower handlebars has been one of those things I forgot to try as I
became smaller, more flexible and more fit. It finally hit me that I
might/could/should... and -then- did.
It feels very good.
I started out with my bars VERY high compared to saddle height. At
501 pounds it was necessary.
Aaron's pretty subversive. Should we brand him a heretic now or wait
until the next So Cal ride? Oh, wait; almost forgot - any bike, any
time. We'll make him the designated carbon rider.
Seriously, the whole issue of bike fit is so complex, with so many
contradictory theories, it's best to
Totally. But after 15 years of working on and setting up bikes and buying the
occasional stem and bar, now when I get to work on a bike set up, my own stem
and handlebar stash is a bit like going to a retro bike shop. So many
combinations: Hmm I've never tried the Nitto Dynamic II and
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, charlie charles_v...@hotmail.com wrote:
I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to
your height not forgetting your age, weight and flexibility.
I've got my bars 2 cm below saddle on all my bikes except the Sam Hill and
the Monocog
I mean, Two Inches below saddle, about 5 cm.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, charlie charles_v...@hotmail.comwrote:
I think it all depends on how long your arms and torso are relative to
your height not forgetting
Nathan - I did intend to tilt the B17 forward a bit... but so far, it
feels fine.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Apr 17, 6:32 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
I mean, Two Inches below saddle, about 5 cm.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:28 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 17, 10:47 am, Esteban kemm...@gmail.com wrote:
OK. I know this is blasphemy on this list... but upon Aaron's urging,
I've lowered the bars on the Romulus. I've been riding it comfortably
with the h'bars about 1-2cm below the saddle. I lowered it to about
6cm below to see how it would
I love the way the dark honey leather (and shellac?) contrasts with
the blue. Beautiful.
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On Apr 17, 11:10 am, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
Be careful with the Brooks saddle. I've ever found the B17 to be
comfortable on long rides with lower bars. I don't think the saddle is
ideal for that. The raise the bars philosophy works with the B17s are the
greatest saddles in the
On Apr 17, 2:29 pm, Me clotht...@gmail.com wrote:
At 164 pounds these days, I can ride in a lot of different positions
with zero problems or any inklings of aches or pains.
The other side of the coin: I have never ridden without neck and back
ache. I've been searching for 15+ years, and I
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Subject: [RBW] Re: Lower d'bars
Nathan - I did intend to tilt the B17 forward a bit... but so far, it
feels fine.
Esteban
San Diego, Calif.
On Apr 17, 6:32 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
I mean, Two
On Apr 17, 12:10 pm, James Warren jimcwar...@earthlink.net wrote:
I concur. Look at the Toupe saddle on my orange Ram:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46035...@n07/4228790514/
Wow. What a picture!
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