On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 05:30 -0800, Peter F wrote:
At close to 44 in age, I too have grown less enamored of drop bars. I
still have them on one old Motobecane, but I hardly ride it. When I
tried mustaches, I was never terribly comfortable. Short distances and
around town were fine, but anything
Maybe don't give up on drop bars totally. I have just started using Salsa's
Cowbell 3 drop bar (on my Salsa Vaya Ti) -- it is short and shallow and
will take barcon shifters. I have the tops about 1.5 above my saddle
height, and then riding in the drops has been become a good alternative
At close to 44 in age, I too have grown less enamored of drop bars. I still
have them on one old Motobecane, but I hardly ride it. When I tried
mustaches, I was never terribly comfortable. Short distances and around
town were fine, but anything longer and my wrists started getting numb. I
do
In my experience Moustache Bars take a shorter stem when switching from
drops. At 7cm, you don't have much more shortening you can do. Also, with
the same stem you won't be more upright than you were on the tops of
dropbars. The Moustache has a drop from the stem. In your case it's free to
hand placement
options.
From: Michael john11.2...@gmail.com
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, December 5, 2012 9:58:18 PM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Switching to Moustachios from drops?!?!
PS - will the staches help me sit more upright, or not?
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You
with a long quill (Technomic), my moustache bars are an inch higher than my
saddle. With my prior drop bars, the top position was 2 inches below the
saddle. My old guy cervical strain problem is long gone now. You will
need a shorter stem (horizontal position) because the bars reach forward.
I doubt that moustache bars will help your reach problem, as they are
fairly long reach bars themselves. Most people (including grant?) say that
if you're comfy with a certain stem length on drops, you'll need a ~2cm
shorter stem to feel good on Moustaches. Since you're already on a 7cm
stem
Why not the Bosco bars, they have a good reach in the front and let you sit
up nice and tall on the grips. I borrowed the setup of a fellow list
member and did mine with interruptor levers and dia-compe nubs, lots o hand
positions.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Jeremy Till
yes, they make 50 cm Technomic.
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On Thursday, December 6, 2012 12:56:06 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
Anyone made the switch?
Seems like on every drop bar bike I dun rid, I just always feel too
stretched out. Even with my 7cm shorty stem and flat ramps. Even knowing I
have the correct frame sizes and have the bar above
You'll be slightly more upright, but not hugely so. You may like them more
with a shorter (1-2cm) stem. I point the ends down a bit, so the inner
bends are close to horizontal.
For zero outlay, give 'em a try!
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Michael john11.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday,
Michael:
The price is right. Give it a try.
I tried M'stache a while back but didn't care for them. The front curve
where the brake levers are typically mounted was too far away, and the back
straight section made me turn my wrists at an awkward angle. Others swear
by them. It's hard to
I'll be offering my mustache bar,dirt drop stem brake lever combo for
sale soon since I'm going the other way toward drop bars. Haven't figured
on a price yet but the bar and stem are Nitto with old school Dia Compe
levers black hoods plus taped and twined so...oh yea and cables.
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