Count me as one who does not like upright bars as well. I have tried (Albatross, Mustache, MAP/Aherne, Jithensa, Riv Bull Moose, Nitto Straight bars, Nitto Risers) I get hand/palm pain very quickly. I use 46cm noodles, have been on the bike as long as 12hrs in one shot and had zero hand pain. I think you are correct in understanding the balance/distribution of weight.
I have just accepted that drops are my bar of choice and moved on. On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 10:23:46 AM UTC-5, lum gim fong wrote: > > So I converted the Bleriot to upright so I could ride wifespeeds without > hand discomfort that comes with riding that slow for an entire ride on > drops. > > What I have found, in riding upright, is that the discomfort of the > hands is reduced 75% and the butt discomfort 100% increase ( which was > nonexistent when I rode with drops) makes me want to just go back to drops. > I am more comfortable riding at wifespeed (and all other speeds) with > drops, turns out. No matter the bar heights or saddles. > > Also, headwinds are noticably more noticeable and wintry blasts harder to > endure while upright. > > I don't think I have never heard of someone on this list, or from Walnut > Creek finding uprighting to be less comfortable than dropsing. So I thought > I'd include it as a datapoint here. > > Has anyone here also found upriding to not be their cup of tea? > > I will say though that upriding provides fantastic views. > > -- 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.
