Hi, folks. Has anyone got an old Periscopa lying in the old parts bin? I've got my town/touring bike set up with Soma Oxford bars (very like Albratrosses) and a Kalloy Dirt Drop 100mm stem (Nitto DD copy), and I'm not quite getting the laid-back position that I'm going for. Previously, I'd been using a 110mm Technomic that had me too far forward and a little lower than I'd prefer. I stuck with it for 9 months--god knows why--despite lingering elbow pain after any ride longer than 20 minutes. I've only had the Kalloy DD on for a couple of days but already I'm pretty sure it represents a sizable improvement. It places the bars about 2.5cm higher and 1.5 cm back from where they were with the Technomic, allowing me to lean forward less and take weight off my hands. Essentially, I'd like to take that a step further with a Periscopa, which should get the bars a little further back and maybe even a smidgeon higher. Failing that, I'd take an 80mm DD and use it with a shim.
This is an admittedly lousy pic that more or less shows what my current setup looks like: <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dGVlYS7KQEQ/UUPTjcjzr_I/AAAAAAAAA9A/hXudRJVcgis/s1600/IMG_3753.jpg> And here's another one that shows how I had things until just recently: <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j1bDS1RT89E/UUPVSwTqdfI/AAAAAAAAA9I/xUvcq0na8jo/s1600/IMG_3232.jpg> Even if you haven't got the part I'm looking for, any thoughts on the ergonomics of an upright setup would be greatly appreciated. The funny thing is that I get worse elbow pain after riding a semi-upright setup (stem 1" higher than saddle, hands just behind stem) than I do after riding a drop-bar setup (stem level with saddle, hands forward of stem on hoods). I can only surmise that it has more to do with the angles of my elbows and the way force is transmitted through them than the amount of weight that I have on my hands. -- 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.
