I hesitated posting this here, but it's definitely a Riv-inspired conundrum. I'm building up a late 80s Rockhopper and having trouble finding the right handlebar setup. It will primarily be a trail and off-road camping bike with knobbies. I have my Sam for road riding and don't want much overlap between the two.
The frame is borderline too small for me. It's an 18" and I would probably benefit from a 19-19.5", but it should work fine once it's dialed, and it's also just a stop-gap until I can save up for a Surly Troll frameset or something similar. Riv Content: I want it to be comfortable (but still nimble)--bars at saddle height! I've considered going with a standard Technomic and Albas, dirt drop with straight-ish/mountain riser bars like the Soma Clarence, or even trying a threadless conversion stem with drop-style bars. I have cockpit parts for any setup: MTB levers and Deore thumb shifters and aero levers and Ultegra bar-ends. I've already tried a dirt drop stem with moustache bars. This created too much reach because of the bar profile and the non-relaxed geometry of the bike. Anything that I should consider that I'm missing? I welcome any and all advice based on previous builds or experience. I'm pretty new at working on bikes, so you won't offend me with newbie advice. Thanks for your help! Bob -- 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.
