I support the conversion from drops to uprights. Personally, I find the Alba-type riding posture and handling is the most enjoyable for the type of relaxed riding I tend to do.
You will likely need new cables and housing but that's hard to tell without seeing the bike in its current form. Depends on a few differences between set-ups like bar height, type of brake levers, etc. It would be a game-time decision during fit-up. What colour is the Trek? I think my fav Newbaum's colour is the dark blue (which does fade with use). If you are into the shellacking, I've heard that light colours (or white) work best. KJ On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 11:08:47 AM UTC-5, SeanMac wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am contemplating a winter project that would convert an early 1990 Trek > 520 touring bike into an around town "grocery getter" and/or bike trail, > easy cruising bike. My plan is to swap out the Noodle bars on my Trek for > Albastache bars. > > From what I have read, this looks to be a pretty easy conversion. The bar > end shifters that I have on the Noodles should work on the Albastache > bars. I should also be able to swap over the brake levers from the Noodle > to the Alnbastache (I've got the original levers - non-aero, > non-brifters). Is there something that I am missing? Will be cable > lengths be similar or will I likely need new cables? > > For as long as I can remember, every bike that I have ever ridden has used > drop bars, so I contemplate this shift with both excitement and a bit of > apprehension. After all, why mess with something that works? On the other > hand, I think that this conversion will bring new life to a bike that does > not get used very often. > > One other thought, what color Newbaum tape do you suggest to best match an > Brooks B-17 honey saddle that has some years on it? > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Sean > EA, NY > -- 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.
