Did a 200k here on Protovelo with Albatross bars. Fully half the ride was dirt
roads. Alot of climbing. The bars are great.
Dave Nawrocki
Fort Collins, CO
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From: "d2mini" <d2creat...@gmail.com>
To: "RBW Owners Bunch" <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:45:51 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: [RBW] How far with Albatross bars?
My moustache bars were not all that comfortable for me so I thought
I'd try me some Albatross bars on the AHH to get my hands higher and
closer to me. I expected to be considerably slower sitting that
upright. I did feel a bit awkward at first, riding a bike in that
position, but to my surprise I was no slower. On this morning's
commute I was puttin along at an easy 17mph which would be my normal
speed pre-albatross. So yay!
So this weekend which was my first ride with them I did 25 miles. Not
a long ride, but plenty long enough to know if a certain type of
handlebar is going to work or not. I found them very comfortable the
entire ride. Most of the time my hands were in the customary position
on the grips, but once in a while I'd grab the forward bend for a bit
more aero (if you can call it that) position and that wasn't bad
either. Now I had always heard that Albatross bars weren't a great
choice for anything over 20 miles, but i felt like I could have gone
quite a bit further and been perfectly comfortable.
So those of you with these kinds of bars (north road, albatross, etc)
how far have you found that you've been able to travel with them
before you were wishing you had something else?
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