Low bars and low trail do not, to my knowlege, have any connection. I think that the reason why porteur bikes have lower bars is that that many Rivendell riders like bars a lot higher than other riders like them.
The bar on this Rebour-esque (so, I assume, typical) porteur seems pretty typical; it's certainly not low. [image: Inline image 1] On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:00 AM, EGNolan <egno...@gmail.com> wrote: > A lot has to do with geometry; i.e. most actual porteur bicycles have low > trail geometries which usually coincide with a fairly low handlebar by Riv > standards. I've found that the higher & further back my h'bars are (I now > use Boscos on a Handsome XOXO), the more of my weight is on the rear wheel > & thus the more weight the front seems to handle. A li'l weight up front is > now key for this bike to handle well IMHO, so I always at least keep my > U-lock in my basket. > > Best, > Eric > >> >> -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
