Thanks all. I talked to a few people at Rivendell over the weekend and (think) I've decided on the Albastache route for now, partly from Brian's (rivendell's) recommendation and partly from Patrick's recent exploits here on the group. I have a few weeks to rethink it, which I'm sure I will. I was kind of digging the idea of swapping b/w albatross and bullmoose stds, but since the Albastache is somewhat in between the two offering both upright riding like the albatross for ascents and city riding with drops and brakes for greater control on the descents, I'll try it first. That being said, my only real concern I have are the brake hoods for non-trail riding, I had a moustache bar briefly on a road bike and never got used to the brake position for city/urban riding, got rid of it.
On Saturday, April 12, 2014 8:31:24 AM UTC-7, DS wrote: > > Hey all - My Hunqapillar is 2-3 weeks away from being built, very > exciting. No got to decide on the build. I'm mostly going with the build > kit. But very undecided on which handlebar setup. So instead of another > 'which handlebar thread' (btw, the recent one with Patrick was very > helpful), I decided I just need to figure out the hard way: by trying them > all. > > I am undecided between Albatross v. Bulmoose > standard/drops/woodchippers/midge. I like the Albatross, that is what I > rode with the Hunq for a demo ride. But thinking I may want something with > more control for singletrack rides like the bullmoose, or possibly drops > (with the woodchipper and midge as an option there). Not really considering > Albastache or Moustache....as of now. This bike will be used for mixed > rides, mtn biking (fire roads and single track), commuting, errands, road > rides, so basically an 'all rounder'. > > My big reservation with handlebar swaps is that the meisha cork grips > (part of the build kit) are glued on, making it difficult to do handlebar > swaps. Am I correct there? So here's my question, if I get a lock-on > handlebar grip, does that eliminate that problem? Is there any reason I > could not just swap the bars by removing the grips, brakes, and shifters > (in this case the paul thumbies) and sliding the handlebars out the stem > and putting in the new handlebar in the same stem and re-installing the > grips/brakes/shifters? Basically a 10 minute swap? I've never dealt with > grips, only drop bars and tape on my road bike. Any issues with that? > Will the cable length be an issue? Would I want a different stem for > different handlebars? > > And on that note, any recommendations on a lock-on grip? Was looking at a > brooks one, the ergon one, and plain ole foam ones. Likely I'll put on the > meisha cork grips once I've decided which way to go. > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
