I like the "idea" of this bar and have been toying with pulling the trigger on a MAP/Ahearne. I did just set up a Billie to replace a Choco Norm on my daily ride ... but again, I keep thinking about those MAP's. I've tried other bars with that shape but haven't been pleased as they're usually too shallow in the return. I do like the return (or sweep) angles of Alba's, Choco's and the new Billie even though I find myself riding towards the front of those bars the majority of the time (it's really the super slow times and weird tight NYC traffic traversing where the upright full sweep does come in handy for me).
So that said, using the incredibly helpful whatbars.com I've come to think that the new Velo Orange Curvy One bar looks possibly like an even a better fit for me than the MAP. And since RIV is working closely with whatbars.com now I suspect that they'll forward a drawing of the Wavie to them soon enough to make a comparison. My main hesitation with the V/O bar is that 31.8 clamp! I mean, really ... well, that and the fact that all of these bars at 610 to 660 are getting pretty darn wide for a city boy -- and I used to think Alba's were wide for gawds sake. On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 8:09:31 PM UTC-4, Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: > > > After hearing about the upcoming Wavie handlebars from Bill Lindsay in this > post > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/9Nt3PiOE2tg>, I > took his suggestion to ask Riv if they would send some photos ahead of the > catalog arrival. Vince came through, and also mentioned that the bars are > 66 cm wide with a 25.4 mm diameter at the clamp, and they should arrive at > Rivendell next month in their Nitto shipment. So (with Vince's permission), > here they are. They look great! > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IpEq2uyZAKE/WtfcwTPEl0I/AAAAAAAAF3g/6l9As7HVtx4WQQqG-78yA-a4fb2b1lFbgCLcBGAs/s1600/Wavie_2.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H0x30DAFeSg/Wtfc0gVhoOI/AAAAAAAAF3k/CyqbRHEsSB4EyyY47FVjr4ix4DfYN8DXwCLcBGAs/s1600/Wavie.jpg> > > > > Bob E > > Cranford, New Jersey > > -- 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.
