I have been riding 46cm Noodle Bars on my '99 Heron since I replace the 44cm Noodle Bars I had on it originally.
For the style of riding I enjoy (distance mainly), the Noodles have been ideal. Long, flat, comfortable. My hands have never been happier on a handlebar. That having been said, I am not a huge fan of upright bars for distance riding. I find too upright a posture to be nearly as uncomfortable as too bent a posture. Hugh "taking the middle path" Flynn Newburyport, MA On May 5, 2014, at 1:10 PM, dougP wrote: > Tom: > > It'll be interesting to compare notes next time we see each other. After > having noodles on my Atlantis since I got it in '03, I've lately been fooling > around with upright bars. The current set-up is Origin 8 Space Bar but it > lacks enough forward sweep for climbing (not a high priority at the moment, > though). I've had hand issues the last couple of years, hence the desire for > something different. > > The eggplant tape looks great. > > dougP > > On Sunday, May 4, 2014 10:26:07 PM UTC-7, Tom Virgil wrote: > It has been almost a year since Jared at Rivendell and I discussed Sam, > elected a build kit, and pulled the trigger. There have been some really > sweet spots of riding, meeting and engaging with many of you here in the > bunch, and some pleasurable wrenching on Sam. > > I liked the Alba bars, and know that many of you benefit from them. I > elected to have them when Sam was built. My gun, my bullet, and my > trigger. So please take no disrespect. But for me, it was time for them to > go. > > I have been riding my Boulder All Road rando with noodles far and wide, and > always, even if fatigued from a long effort, felt pretty good. I was NOT > feeling that about hands resting on the cork grips, the metal brake levers, > or the hard, shellacked bar tape ahead of that on my Sam. > > The rando didn't replace Sam, it just serves a different purpose. Sam is a > horse of a bike that can do a lot. So, solution: make Sam more like rando > without compromising (gentling, for Wheel of Time fans) him. Noodles with > eggplant tape. And a generator lighting system. That's the ticket. > > So here he is in his new configuration. There is an explanation for the > background. > > ~Tom > > -- > 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. -- 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.
