[RBW] Re: flat bars on the hilsen

2013-02-13 Thread Davidbea
The first good bicycle I picked up was from an old co-worker who complained his back prevented him from riding. I was just getting back into bicycling as I retired and had discovered Rivendell, etc.. I realized that was my type of riding. When he said he had this bicycle he wanted to get rid

[RBW] Re: flat bars on the hilsen

2013-02-12 Thread Jeremy Till
I like it! I put some similar bars on my Quickbeam a few months and now it feels really dialed. Flat bars get a bad rap around here sometimes but they can be just perfect sometimes. I've found that with swept back flat bars I don't need the stem as high; with drops my bars are just about