[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
Doh! Thanks, Matt. Perry -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
I have both on different bicycles. The weight or material is all the same to me, but the steel one is wider and feels better that way. On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 6:16:52 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote: There is another thread on here from a year ago that didn't answer the question. The stock builds come with steel. I am sure they are fantastic. I have read a complaint about the aluminum version being too flexy. Any votes here? What are you using and how does it feel to you? Thanks for the advice. -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
I have 3 bikes with a-bars and I'm pretty sure one of them is cro-mo. Are they obviously marked somewhere? Near stem insert point? I need to look. Anyway, I don't think it makes much difference to me. How about cro-mo for heavy rider/rough-tough offroading and AL for a everything else? Perry -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
They'll both last as you will :) Seriously . need not concern yourself over such intangibles . Either one is wonderful . On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 10:37:39 PM UTC-4, Michael wrote: ...torn between two Albas...feelin' like a fool... Wonder if the chro mo, or alu will last longer? -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
aluminum if you want light; steel if you want the Last bar On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:16:52 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: There is another thread on here from a year ago that didn't answer the question. The stock builds come with steel. I am sure they are fantastic. I have read a complaint about the aluminum version being too flexy. Any votes here? What are you using and how does it feel to you? Thanks for the advice. -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
Thanks for all the input everyone! I got aluminum. Apparently there are no safety or flex, feel differences between steel and alu. Just 10 oz. and 24 bucks or so. I felt was worth it in the long haul to save a little over half a pound. It adds up. Not that it would make a dif to a non-racer like me. But the less to schlep over the hills around here, the better. 'Course, me losing 20 lbs. would be even more beneficial!! ha ha! -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
Perry, A magnet will let you know instantly. Matt On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 3:06:28 AM UTC-7, bobish wrote: I have 3 bikes with a-bars and I'm pretty sure one of them is cro-mo. Are they obviously marked somewhere? Near stem insert point? I need to look. Anyway, I don't think it makes much difference to me. How about cro-mo for heavy rider/rough-tough offroading and AL for a everything else? Perry -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
Steel for me :) Given a choice of Al or steel bars, I'll take the steel most every time. I ride out of the saddle alot, up and down ye hills of yore. I pull and push on them hard I suppose they flex if measured in a lab but I don't notice it at all. 3 cheers 4 steel :) -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
I was using steel but am switching over to Aluminum. Mostly looking to lighten' up my every day all day bike and this is one of the few ways I can do it! I think the difference is mainly weight and price unless you ride hard on trails and what not. That sort of riding is reserved for my hunqapillar. I'll have a spare steel version for my hunqapillar. -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
Steel Albas here. I ride a lot of single track and a few times have absorbed enough front impact to drop the tilt of my bars (after which I read just them and keep moving, mindful to see the unseen a bit better next time. Grin.). No idea how the aluminum would compare, but I suspect I would stress them more/faster. Plus, with vertigo, less flex is a good thing. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 4:16:52 PM UTC-6, Michael wrote: There is another thread on here from a year ago that didn't answer the question. The stock builds come with steel. I am sure they are fantastic. I have read a complaint about the aluminum version being too flexy. Any votes here? What are you using and how does it feel to you? Thanks for the advice. -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
[RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
...torn between two Albas...feelin' like a fool... Wonder if the chro mo, or alu will last longer? -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: Albas...steel or aluminum? Please help me decide...
I had the albas in aluminum. I am not a small guy and hammered on them sometimes, never felt any discernible flex. Mind you this wasn't down hill or single track but they were nice and light and finish was amazing. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote: ...torn between two Albas...feelin' like a fool... Wonder if the chro mo, or alu will last longer? -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
