The drawback of the Jitensha bars is that the grip area is relatively short and so you can't use brake levers with standard length grips.
On Monday, March 30, 2020 at 5:24:04 PM UTC-7, Samuel Huang wrote: > > Thanks for the info -- comparing them on whatbars it looks like the > Jitenshas are narrower and have more sweep back actually. The Get Arounds > do seem more fun/adventurey/MTB-suitable with a whole 120mm in extra width, > and I could just keep my old 25.4 stem. Might have to give them a shot! > > On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 1:41:10 PM UTC-7, Birdman wrote: >> >> Hi Sam, >> I had Jitensha bars on my Quickbeam several years ago. It’s been so long >> that i can’t make a direct comparison, other than to say that The Get >> Around Bars or more comfortable than I remember the Jitensha bars feeling. >> Others may chime in with a more recent point of reference. The GABs have >> more sweep and rise, whereas the Jitenshas were flat, I believe. You can >> compare specs and a visual on whatbars dot 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/183abc30-eab0-4f99-8f73-ad76fd8a184e%40googlegroups.com.
