Luis, do you have them flipped down or up? These will be new bars for me once I get my mixte; I'm planning to run them flipped down. I have moustache bars on 3 of my bikes and was thinking about using moustaches or albastaches , but Grant encouraged me to try the Chocos...I'm getting the Choco normals. If it doesn't work out, I think I still have a set of NIP moustaches.
Thanks! Ryan in Winnipeg On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 1:27:25 AM UTC-5, Luis Garcia wrote: > > I have had my Choco Moose bars for about a couple of months now. I > acquired them on a bit of a whim from the owner of a LBS. I test rode his > personal Choco Moose equipped Hunquapillar. I loved the bike and the bars > felt great right. He was wanting a set of Albatross bars and I had 2 > aluminum Albas. Long story short, I traded my older Albatross for his > Choco Moose straight up. > > I chose to set up the Chocos on my 1985 Stumpjumper. From the get go, I > was disappointed. The cockpit felt too tight. That frame is marginally > too small for me. At first, I was very disappointed with myself for making > such a spontaneous trade, then I remembered reading Grant's suggestion to > try these bars on a bike that is not too small for you. So, I then decided > to give the Chocos a try on my Albatross equipped 1982 61cm Trek 610 sport > tourer. I mounted the Chocos with the highest section level with my > Cambium C17 saddle. The grips are slightly below saddle height. To my > happy surprise, I think that I have found my cycling bliss. I find the > Choco Moose to be more aggressive than the Albas,and yet they are also very > relaxed. I also have more useful hand positions than with the Albas or my > previous Noodle set up. I spend most of my riding time with my thumbs in > the curves and my fingers wrapped around the curves. This really feels > great when I am doing some speedy cruising. I also spend a lot of time > with my hands right in between the curves and the brake levers. That's a > nice spot. Also, I go all the way back and wrap my hands around my > Portuguese cork grips. That makes for 3 useful and comfortable hand > positions. I change it up often because I have a bad back and it feels > good to move around. I rarely use the upper front straight section. I > don't feel very stable there, so it really isn't that useful for me. The > bars inspire confidence in me. I lean into curves more aggressively than > I do with the Albas. > > My 610 is my all arounder bike. These bars are a perfect match for the > relaxed yet sporty riding style that I do on this bike. I am now very > pleased with my trade. Do I like them better than my Albas??? Hmmmm....I > am not sure if I am ready to say they are going to dethrone the Albas as my > favorite bars. They are different. Sure, there is a bit of overlap > because they are each relaxed. But, I am finding that the comfy aggressive > position on the Chocos are a better fit for me when I go out to ride 20+ > miles. > > Luis > Dallas, Texas > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 2:18:00 PM UTC-5, dstein wrote: >> >> I feel like there have been a few threads on this but want to ask again >> for any new thoughts on these. How are the choco's after you've had them >> for a few months? Do you find you can ride in the bend for aero positions, >> or is it fairly limited in use like w/ the Albatross? If you've ridden both >> the choco and albatross, which do you prefer? >> > -- 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.
