I rode the entire RAGBRAI (~450 miles over 7 days) last year on moustache bars in a Nitto Dirt Drop 10 stem and bar-end Silver shifters.
My experience with moustache bars parallels the experience of Albatross/Albastache/Moustache users here. I found the moustache bars to be excellent town and casual bars, but not great for faster riding or longer distances. The rearward, parallel extensions made a very comfortable place to ride upright or semi-upright. Unfortunately, I didn't find either of the forward positions (inside the curves, or out on the brake hoods) to be very comfortable. I find the forward positions to be too far forward, leaving my arms out like superman and my body core unsupported. On the moustache bars, I found myself rotating between the three positions but unable to comfortably settle on one. I switched my Riv back to drops (Nitto B135 Randonneur) after liking them so much on my drop-bar-converted-KOM. http://s1060.photobucket.com/user/Tim_Gavin/media/Rivendell/IMG_00411_zpscyqwe3pe.jpg.html I currently have them close to saddle height in an 80 cm Nitto Technomic stem (Silver bar-ends again, after trying out old Campy Ergos and finding their triple shifting wanting. Nothing beats the Silver bar-ends for triple shifting). I find myself riding in the drops about 75% of the time. My body core is supported, my posture is a mid-forward lean. I can still ride on the bar centers or corners for casual upright riding, and the flats and lever hoods are comfortable as well. I got frustrated with the moustache bars on rides like RAGBRAI because I felt like I couldn't keep up a faster pace on the moustache bars. This made the long days on the road longer. I average a ~2 mph faster pace with the drop bars compared to the moustache bars. -Tim Gavin Cedar Rapids, IA P.S. If anyone is riding RAGBRAI this year and wants to meet up and/or ride some gravel on day 6, let me know. I'm riding days 5, 6, and 7 this year. We did the whole week last year, and I won't repeat that again unless I have a team and/or houses to stay in along the way. -- 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.
