lol you're my favorite poster on here. I'm just trying to figure out the best set up to roll the dice on first. At $90 a pop handlebar+possible stem change, experimentation can get expensive. I feel the drop bars would be a safer choice for my tastes. But the sam I test rode and liked had albastaches, but it was a short flat ride. I don't think there's a drop bar 51cm sam available to test ride. On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 6:02:08 AM UTC-7, Garth wrote: > > > Bars are bars , how you choose to use them is infinite :) So is > the frame , infinite ways to set one up . So no one can fully answer your > question but you , *know thyself *! >
40 miles is the magic number for me. Below that I could wear or ride many things without complaint. Above is when I start getting picky. > > On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 4:22:17 AM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> >> When you say "long rides," what sort of distance do you have in mind? >> Was that 38 mile ride a long ride? >> >> This matches my thoughts on what the differences might be. For me, seems drops are the safer bet. While albastaches would be the whimsical go full riv choice. thanks for the thoughts everyone. On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 7:14:58 AM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > I found the Albatross bars on my Atlantis not really ideal for long > distance for a few reasons: > > - When riding at a casual pace, they are supremely comfortable. Very > 'chill' one could say. I had them setup about 1cm above my saddle height. I > had two good hand position options, and one more forward but less > comfortable option. > - The very upright position placed all my weight on the saddle, in a very > specific way. When I use drops, even when they are higher up, I find that > leaning forward (not bending down, leaning forward. It's different!) gives > me a few different ways to position my body on the saddle, which allows me > to ride comfortably for over 200km at a time. With the abla's I had > difficulty doing that and as a result would get a sore butt after a while. > - The WIND! Not sure where you live, but where I am from everything is > quite exposed. Riding with the alba's turns your body into a wall > basically. There is no hiding from the wind, no drops to drop into to > minimize the drag. Regardless if you don't care about going quickly, it's a > real drag to fight the wind tooth and nail all day while you're in a very > upright position (see what I did there..?) > - bar interference - when riding trails, I found the fact that the bars > sweep back so far, they would hit my legs when trying to make tight turns. > For that reason they are never an option when trail riding anything other > than smooth flowy stuff. I had a few times when I couldn't make a corner > because the bars were in the way. > > Now, don't get me wrong, I LOVE these bars! They are my go-to winter bar > because they work very well with mitts. They are very stable on snow as > well. For booting around town, they'd be the best bar ever. For rides > around 100km where you don't give a hoot about how long it takes you, > fantastic bar! But if I was on an extended tour where I wanted to hit a > particular distance each day, and there was some exposure to the wind, I > would be hesitant to use 'em. Just my two cents! > > -- 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.
