Yes, these road bikes are a joy in the hills. Glad to read of your joy. And for the record, I too like my bars high - 2 cm below the saddle. That allows me to get a little lower going downhill, and makes it easier to stand and rock the bike when I want to.
Michael On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 11:26:02 PM UTC-4, Don Compton wrote: > > After someone had questions about Roadeos on the IBOB group, I thought I > would give and update. > Over the years ( 63 yo) I have had so many bikes. I never raced, just was > an active club rider. A few centuries a year and mostly 35-50 mile rides. > Okay I am an old fart, but the stability of Grant's handling dynamics > makes for a wonderful bike on long rides, especially hilly ones. There's > just something special about cruising down a hill at above 30 and floating > over the marginal bumps and feeling confident missing the potholes from > hell. And to top it off, The frames are works of art. > And then there's the fit. I need my bars high. I run my bars <1cm below my > saddle. It allows me to have a proper tilt on my saddle and less hands > problems on long rides. > Don Compton > -- 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.