I don't think handling is the issue. The Bomba and the Hunq were designed with the thought that some significant percentage of the riders would use flat bars at least some of the time. Most flat bars do not extend forward much beyond the stem. If your bike and stem fit right with flat bars, drops will usually extend beyond your comfort range mounted on the same stem. So you need to get a shorter stem for the drops.
Thus with my Bruce Gordon Rock n' Road: On tour I use Nitto Randos with a BG Chicken Neck 11 degree 11 mm stem. For city riding currently I have Nitto Jitensha bars with an old Cannondale 20 degree 13 mm stem*. To the extent handling is different between the two configurations, the fact that I am sitting more upright and am riding on city streets versus open roads most likely is far more a factor than the length and rise of stem. *A BG Chicken Neck will be coming my way after the San Diego bike show. On Apr 6, 9:03 pm, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah, i've got a Fisher Cobia 29er and it's one of the most comfortable and > controllable mountain bikes i've ever ridden, on or off road. i swapped the > short factory stem for an adjustable that's about the same length but > adjusted a few degrees higher... was commuting on it for a while and found > that was alleviated hand pressure better when spending an hour dodging LA > traffic. > > echoing comments made about short stems and light ends though, when riding on > dirt it's a bit light but still tractive. though on streets, when starting > up from traffic lights i have to watch my gearing or i pop a wheelie :) > > -andrew > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Richard wrote: > > > > > If Gary Fisher's bikes are an indicator of something (?), many years > > ago Gary Fisher designed his mountain bikes with what I believe was > > called "Genesis" geometery. Those bikes had longer top tubes and > > shorter stems, and the reviews were generally pretty good. -- 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.
