You might consider moving the brake hood up further on the handlebar. Hate to see you mess up that nice tape job though. I run them so the bottom tip of the brake lever is about a 1/4" above a straight line from the drop portion of the bar. I found this example of what I mean on google: http://i.stack.imgur.com/5zifk.jpg
This is an issue of personal taste though On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 2:28:49 PM UTC-5, Donald Funke wrote: > > I have the 38mm compass tires on the Hilsen. It's pretty comfortable. I > have a 7cm stem on it and it feels a bit of a reach, even with the seat all > the way forward, to get on the brake hoods where I spend most of my time. I > agree with the whole planing idea. It does not feel like planing. With all > my gear it's 33.5 #. > > > On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 6:04:57 PM UTC-7, Donald Funke wrote: >> >> I have a 63cm Homer that I enjoy riding for many different surfaces. I >> have been getting into doing Brevets and considering swapping for a 60cm >> Rambouillet. The 60cm would fit a bit better and it looks like the geometry >> is a bit more roady. I like the ability to ride 38s with fenders, but it >> does at times feel a bit "bulky". Any thoughts? They are both in excellent >> condition BTW. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
