Cool, Angus. Sprung saddle is essential, unless you have the stem inserted nearly all the way. Wider saddles work well - B66, etc.
I've done some harder, faster riding on my albatross bike, and I usually wish I had drops in those instances. That's how I felt this weekend on the So Cal Riv ride. I find that an upright bike puts my quads to extra work. But then I rolled to work today on the bike, in my regular clothes, and the bars felt perfect. Hope they work out! On Mar 17, 6:28 am, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Thanks to "the bunch" for the advice. > > I've commuted to work twice with these bars and like them a lot. I've > tilted the bars a bit more and changed the saddle from a B-17 to a > Flyer. The springs help on a bumpy grass strip I ride through. > Having the sprung saddle on the "upright bike" seems to work well. > > It does feel like I need a longer stem; I may have to have one made > (I'm running a 12cm already). > > I shellaced the cork grips and now with wool gloves they are a bit > slipery; they seem to do find with leather palmed gloves. > > Angus > > On Mar 9, 9:58 am, beth h <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Mar 8, 7:29 pm, Chris Halasz <chal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > How *much* longer? Two cm? One? > > > When I switched from drops to the North Road bars I found that > > swapping a stem that was 3cm longer really made a difference. > > Beth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
