I am interested in these bars, I sent you a message off-list and am wondering if you recieved it? Feel free to contact me off list. > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:49:52 -0700 > Subject: [RBW] Re: trekking bar question > From: chrispmur...@hotmail.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > I have used them on both my touring bike and on my commuting bike. > They are head and shoulders above the traditional flat mountain bars. > They worked great for me on long days in the saddle while touring and > I have recommended them to many friends getting into touring as a > great start to a mountain bike to touring bike conversion. Two friends > who have been on an around the world tour have used them exclusively > and love them. Also, they seem very popular in Europe. The shape is a > little awkward and takes some adjusting to get it right. I felt like > the bars dropped down where I wanted them to go up, and went up where > I wanted them go down (I feel the same way about moustache bars too). > To be honest, my biggest complaint is that I thought they were kinda > ugly. In the end I replaced them with Nitto Dove bars, which offer > almost all of the same hand positions, look better, bend in the right > directions, and, for me, are much more comfortable..I would recomend > the Dove bars over the trekking style bars, unless price is a concern. > The Doves are $30ish and treking style bars can be had for $15 from > Nashbar. I do have a set sitting around that you are more than welcome > to-- I am in Tucson-- so if it is worth the postage to you to try them > out, let me know. They have less than 50 miles on them. > > Cheers, > cm > > On Apr 18, 9:51 am, Dave Minyard <dave_minyar...@msn.com> wrote: > > I was wondering if any one in this group has tried any of the trekking > > style bars that are available? I am most wondering about the adjustable > > ones like the Modolo Dumbos or ITM Selego? I understand that the Selegos > > are no longer available but thought maybe someone out there had tried them. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave Minyard > > > > Santa Maria, Ca. > >
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