Senior's moment Jon...really my only question was how you felt about the choco-norms as a moustache bar ...and your answer was really helpful...thanks and compliments of the season On Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 4:58:12 PM UTC-6, Jon BALER wrote: > > Ryan, > > Did you have 2 questions? You're first message was blank. > > I'm liking the Choco-norms so far. It's been a change to have a bar with > so much rear sweep, as I am used to more aggressive set-ups. I can't say > that it is affecting my riding, as I still feel plenty fast on this bike > while commuting. It helps that the build is lighter than my stout touring > bikes that I was using before. > > I've found the forward position is good for climbing and harder efforts, > as there is less flex in that position. I think the flex is more from the > stem though, than the bars. One negative with my set-up is that the > cables are sort of in the way when I am in the forward position. It's not > a big deal, just sort of annoying have a loose cable in your grip. We'll > see how it feels in the summer when I am not wearing gloves. > > I would like to try a Albastache bars, but that would mean new shifters > and brake levers. My moustache bars have primarily been on my fixed gear > bike, so was more of a commuting bike than longer road rides. For now, I > am happy with the choc-norms. > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 5:30 PM, Ryan Fleming <ryanmallo...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> One other question, Jon, if you don't mind me asking. You were saying >> that you are a long-time moustache bar rider...as I am myself....like since >> 1993 when I bought my X0-1 >> >> I see you have a tall headtube and flipped Choco-norms and I think you'd >> said that you've had the bike since late October. The cockpit looks really >> cool, but how do you like the Choco-norms as currently set up? Do you like >> them? I ordered them for my mixte on Grant's recommendation and I'm cool >> with that...looking forward to trying them but I'm interested in others' >> opinions. >> >> Thanks! Again, cool bike...very rugged and handsome ...regards Ryan >> On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 5:55:45 PM UTC-6, Jon BALER wrote: >>> >>> Rogue panda is cool, because they only require a photo of the bike with >>> a ruler/tape measure in it. No need to send a pattern by mail. >>> ------------------------------ >>> From: Jeff Lesperance >>> Sent: 12/21/2016 6:53 PM >>> To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Another Rosco v2 Build >>> >>> Excellent setup and great bag... I just sent an inquiry to Rogue Panda >>> to see about getting one for my RB. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> That is VERY cool. There's a Swiss Army Bike vibe going on there. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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 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/zMX6ZNnlQCY/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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 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/zMX6ZNnlQCY/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >
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