I curious to know if anyone has experimented with both these bars or the jinensha bars (are they exactly he same?) and the Choco-norm bars and have a sense of how the would compare. The Chocos would just be even more upright?
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 11:53:56 AM UTC-7, gordo wrote: > > I second Justin's suggestion of the MAP/Ahearne bars. I'm running them on > my cruiser-ish Atlantis with Paul thumbies and they are perfect for > commuting, rambles and short overnighters. It also makes handling a > typically overloaded front rack/basket very easy. > > - Eric in SF > > On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 9:43:27 AM UTC-7, Justin, Oakland wrote: >> >> Not to over judge your plan BUT... >> If you are building this up to be a "cruiser-ish" ride that your partner >> can use on the weekends, I would not build your second bike to go "faster" >> if you plan to ride together. It sounds like you ride more than they do. I >> have found that you may be on the end of some bad feelings and reluctance >> to ride if the plan is to ride these bikes together. Only speaking from my >> experience but it's something to think about! >> >> Another option is to think about the MAP/Ahearne bar. I have it on my >> Saluki and my wife's Betty Foy. It's cruiser-ish enough to go slow and >> aggressive enough to dig in and go hard (and even offload!) when needed. >> >> -Justin, happily cycling with his partner in Oakland, CA >> >> On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 8:02:27 AM UTC-7, jjss wrote: >>> >>> Ha. Fair enough... Realistically I will still ride it more than her. >>> I'm moving by the beach so I want this set up as my day to day commuter >>> and grocery bike that she can then ride on the weekends. B/c I'll probably >>> be figuring out another bike for myself with a "faster" setup, I like the >>> idea of pushing this in the choco norm / albatross direction. >>> >>> Fair point about the shifting but I figure if all she ever knows is >>> friction... >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 7:32:36 AM UTC-7, masmojo wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, I think you really need to decide who you are doing this for >>>> first, because you say you GF is going to ride it, But seem to be making >>>> choices based on what YOU like!? >>>> If it was for you I would second the Albastache recommendation, but if >>>> it's for the GF, I'd go Albatross. I've had both on my Atlantis and while >>>> I prefer the stache, but if it was for someone who apparently does not >>>> ride >>>> a lot the Albatross would be better. >>>> Along those lines, Silver shifters are great, but honestly some sort of >>>> index shifter option might be better, depends a little on the GF. >>> >>> -- 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.
