I prefer the cromo bars as I found the aluminum bars to be a little stiffer. I had problems with them staying in place when I hit a bump with my weight on them. They rotated down on me. The cromo bars felt a little smoother and I liked that they appeared to blend visually with the Nitto stem and other components. The aluminum ones were brighter and colder looking.
John On Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 10:29:08 AM UTC-8, SeanMac wrote: > I've spent quite a bit of time this winter contemplating a project to > convert my early 1990 Trek 520 Touring bike to a more upright, "around > town" bike. The bike is all set with fenders and racks. The next step is > to replace the Noodles with Albatross bars. Here are my questions. > > First, given that I have absolutely no concern about the weight of this > bike, is there any reason NOT to to buy the $68 CrMo Albas that Riv > offers? Since this bike will be ridden on roads only, I can't see any > reason to spend $90 to buy the "lighter and stronger" heat treated aluminum > version of the Alba. > > Secondly, I am curious if anyone has used the Shimano MTB brake lever that > Rivendell sells. It seems like a good, solid, relatively nice-looking > brake lever. I will be using it to pull Tektro 559 sidepull brakes. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Sean > -- 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.
