Bars too damned high! You need more weight on the bar -- try a bar bag. When I got my SH, built at Riv since it was their floor model, I first installed the bars just an inch or so lower than originally installed in the Riv website photos. I also lef the hoods angled up (or hooks angled down). When I rode on the hoods, it felt as if the front end was too light; it wandered and felt insecure. I gradually lowered the bars until they are, now, hardly more than 1/2 inch above saddle, and I rotated the hooks so that the ends are perfectly horizontal with the theoretical plane of the tire contacts. This makes riding in the hooks ****far**** more comfortable, but it also puts a bit more weight on the front wheel.
End result: riding in the hooks still feels a bit "light" compared to the 2" below saddle position of my other Rivs, but it is acceptable (and I can ride in the hooks almost indefinitely). So, I say: either lower bar or add weight in front. FWIW, the one time I tried M-bars per the Riv canon -- videlicet, high and close -- I felt as if I were going to fall over. Lowered 3" and extended 1", much like my drop bars, and the bike felt normal again. You do pay a penalty for excessively high bars, IME. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:28 PM, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah - some linkage: > > http://salamander.net/stage/Bleriot/IMG_1925.jpg > http://salamander.net/stage/Bleriot/IMG_1926.jpg > > -a > > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 8:01 PM, rcnute wrote: > > > Do you have a picture of your existing set-up? > > > > Ryan > > > > On Mar 30, 7:37 pm, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i'm still puzzling over this Bleriot .. wondering if a dirt drop stem > will calm the twitchy front end down, versus the Technomic dlxe that is on > there now, while keeping the noodle bars. maybe improve the handling with a > closer bar position a bit? > >> > >> am i mad to think so? :) > >> > >> best, > >> andrew > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
