So, anybody using Billie Bars on their Rivendell, or any other bike, and would like to give me their impressions? I've used Noodles, Albatross, original mustache bars, Choco-Moose bars on the Appaloosa, bunch of flat bars among others. Right now flat bars are giving me a lot of wrist/thumb/arthritis trouble on my mtbs and on drop bars I rarely actually use the drop portion so they are almost wasted on me; I do like having several hand positions though.
Here's the deal...I got a Trek Crockett frameset sitting in the garage that I'm going to be building up single speed for after work gravel rides. The bike will live at my office so I don't have to drag one here everyday. Of course, traditionally I would be sticking a set of drop bars on it and calling it good, but I've thought about going with something different and I would have to get brake levers for drops (I have sweet Paul Comp. flat bar brake levers already). Thought about flat bars from one of the mtbs I have laying around and am not using but that wrist thing gets in the way. Though about something like the Velo Orange Klunker bars, but those might rise too much for this frame. So, my searching has led me to the Billie Bars that I didn't know existed until about ten minutes ago. They look pretty swell, like an upgraded albatross with room in front and behind the brake levers. I could get a shim so I can run these with a 30.6 stem, which I have already, and go ride around in total bliss. But, I am not sure I would like them, hence my asking for impressions and reviews from others. thanks! -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
