It's probably just me, but I find that if I'm going to go more than a mile without a turn (i.e., not commuting) I'd prefer drops. After 20 minutes, the muscles loosen up and I get to feeling bottled up and unsprung without drops. But if I'm turning a lot, or dealing with traffic, I'd rather ride moustache or Albatross bars, for visibility and stop and go comfort. Plus they play nice with a front basket. And if I'm dragging a child trailer or Weehoo, Albas all the way for leverage. That said, I do use a 130mm stem with my Alabatross bars, so I'm upright, but not bolt upright like a bikeshare bike.
On Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:13:31 PM UTC-5, truegolden wrote: > > I find this to be an interesting and helpful thread. > > Thanks for starting it Lum. > > I have switched all 5 of my bikes to upright bars and for most rides > prefer them. > > Occasionally, I want to push myself a little and wish for a more aero > position. > I will probably switch one bike back to Nitto Noodle bars for rides I > wish to push myself a bit more. > > That's primarily because even though an old dude now, I occasionally get > in a competitive mindset > and try to surprise someone half my age who is probably on a 'wonder' > bike 8 to 10 or more pounds lighter or > at least make then work for dropping me and 'wonder' about an old white > bearded guy riding a 25 to 27 pound old steel bike > hanging with them for a while. > > I also ride with my wife quite a bit and we only average 9 or 10 mph > when riding together and the upright bars work well for me on these rides. > > Late spring or early summer, I forget, I did one 100k ride (although was > only planning for 30 to 40 miles) > by myself on an upright bar bike and my back side was more of an issue > than the hands at the end of the ride. > It was one of those days everything, bike, body, weather, traffic, etc > seemed to be clicking and I just kept going until I had had enough. > I think the vintage Univega bike for that ride had Soma Sparrow bars on > it. > > One thing that I learned early on was to move hand positions often > whichever bars on the bike. > > Like Grant said 'different strokes' type of thing and also the' fun' > factor on the upright bars. > I seem to get more serious when on a drop bar bike. > I'm glad a well designed bike frame lends itself to a variety of > configurations. > > It's fun for me to continue experimenting and learning from folks like > on this list. > Although I am not experimenting quite as much as one of my good friends > who I think has tried about every upright bar out there. > I kid about him changing bars like some folks change their shirts. > It sure helps to be able to do your own wrenching. > > Safer pedaling everyone, > Paul in Dallas > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > -- 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.
