Hi Bob, That's funny. The Ala Carte is my stop gap. I've got a 27.5 x 3" custom in the works. I sold my Atlantis so the Salsa is my adventure bike till I have my grubby hands on the baby fat. For about $80 shipped I figured it was a small price for all day comfort. We all have our logic. I have a buyer for the bike when I'm done with it so no biggy. With these older MTB's it's really hard to get those bars up. I considered the threadless adapter (Doug if you read this I really mean no offense) but I thought it looked goofy. But to be fair the uncut steerer on mine looks goofy too. The upside is the all the bikepacking bags hide the ungainly steerer height. Lastly, the bike rides awesome now so it's a win!
Look forward to what you decide. Cheers, ~Hugh “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein http://velocipeedemusings.com/ On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:51 PM, kielsun <bobk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate all of your > ideas and wish I had the cash to try them all! > > The Jones Loop is such a great-looking and seemingly versatile bar, so I'm > considering a threadless stem adapter, like the VO one, and going that > route, especially since I know I'd probably love them on my future Troll or > similar mtb. Hugh--I don't think I'd go so far as to get another fork for > this bike since it's just a stop-gap, but we'll see. > > The Surly Open Bar also looks very promising and comfortable, and I > wouldn't have any trouble getting it high enough. > > Patrick--I tried some moustache bars with a dirt drop stem and I didn't > like them for the same reason I took them off my Sam: I don't like the > positioning of the brakes. I feel too splayed out. It's weird, though, > because I figured they'd be more comfortable on a smaller bike. I guess > they're just not for me. > > RJM and Chris--I have a flat bar lying around and might be able to > scrounge up a standard mtb bar. I'll give them a shot. > > Robert--That trekking bar is really cool. I don't think I'd like to have > to reach for the brakes/shifters past the end of the stem, though. I think > I want some sweep. > > Thanks again, all. > > Bob > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/oJBw95SB_B0/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
