On Jan 27, 7:37 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure that I agree. I think rather the biggest resistance is
> that on many bikes you just can't get the bars that high: threadless
> where the fork steerer has been cut short, non-long quill Nitto threaded
> stems, etc. all dramatically limit the height to which you can raise the
> bars. Rivendell employs several tricks including upsloping top tubes
> and head tube extensions to make that high bar possible.
>
For threadless, what appears to be missing is an upsloping SILVER
stem. On my Calfee, which I bought used in 97, it came with a fork cut
so low I almost thought it wouldn't fit headset. Since I run my bars
at the same height as my saddle, I was lucky to find a BLACK
threadless stem from Salsa that has a big rise (105 degree). In
contrast, for silver stems, the best is about 10 degree rise.
However, it appears Velo Orange may be coming to the rescue. According
to his Blog, Chris K says there is a VO SILVER threadless stem that
will be + or - 17 degrees. Therefore, if you really want or need, you
can get down like a racer or if you're an old guy like me, you flip it
around and get those bars up high!
> Also, as we've seen several times on the iBOB list, there are plenty of
> riders out there who find a high bar physically very uncomfortable.
> They're not propagandized racer-wannabees, either.
Well, that just shows cycling is not a "one-size-fits-all!" If you
can ride with low bars that drop 6-8 inches, hey, go for it. Whatever
works to get you out on the road is what really matters!
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