The combination of shimano sti levers, which have long hoods, and nitto noodle bars is not ideal. The hood length on non sti brake levers is much shorter - my guess would be about 1.5cm shorter. Nitto noodles already have a long ramp. That, and the location of the curve make the noodle/sti match troublesome. The shape of shimano's sti levers does not help the matter. Try nitto bars with a shorter ramp and different curve profile. M176, M185, M186, and M195.... The 185 has a more traditional bend than some of the others. Noodles have a reach of 96mm, if you move to a bar with a reach of around 80mm it should work better.
I recently went through this process, hence all the information. I opted to go with ritchey biomax bars. Here is a link to someone's blog (not mine) that includes a pretty exhaustive list of Nitto handlebars and their information. http://stuffdavelikes.wordpress.com/a-full-list-of-nitto-bars/ jason SF,CA -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
