Yeah it's because my "neutral" hand position on drops is quite forward of the end of the stem (something like 12-14 cm) while on the Albaross it'll be actually a bit back from the end of the stem - so even with the 6cm shorter stem, the reach to my "80% position" is quite a bit less still
On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 9:16 PM dougP <[email protected]> wrote: > "My Noodle-to-Albatross conversion ratio is a *6cm longer stem* on the > latter (ie 5cm stem for the Noodles and a 11cm stem for the Albatross on my > Sam) " > > That's interesting. I did not change the stem when I first put upright > bars on my Atlantis. The hand position took care of the numbness issue. > The last year or so I've been thinking I needed to be more upright (older > body, not so flexible anymore). I have a dirt drop on there now, with the > bars an inch or so above where they were with the stock stem at max height > (even with the seat). Eyeballing it, it looks like the dirt drop also > pulls the bars at least an inch closer. A longer stem seems > counter-intuitive. The standard was 100 mm. > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGBpHnfk2a37Wv5yFqh1kA3UTYdHvkvOc_-J1TYwTeaxNyCwwA%40mail.gmail.com.
