Your experience supports Rivendell's offering of a variety of bars. Albatross, Billie, etc., are all variations of the same theme. They all move weight rearward but offer the hand position up front in the curve of the handlebars. It would be interesting to overlay some of their bars on the Origin8 SpaceBar I've been using.
dougP On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 3:05:16 PM UTC-7, Eric Myers wrote: > > I definitely prefer the handling of a hand position in front of the pivot > point, and not too far away from the center-line of the bike. Riding on > the hoods of older, narrower drop bars is like this, ditto some flat bars > if the stem is right. *But* that position is always too far forward for me > to ride long without my hands going numb, so overall I prefer uprights that > give me a hand position in front of, at the side of, and behind the pivot > point. The trade-off of slightly squirrelier handling but longer comfort > is worth it. > > On Friday, October 2, 2020 at 12:04:13 PM UTC-7, dougP wrote: >> >> >> My question is whether anyone has determined a preferred location for >> hands in relation to the pivot point of the handlebars? Hands in front, as >> with drops? Hands behind, as with uprights? >> >> >> -- 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/3327c030-239e-41cb-afe2-f30c0dccbd20o%40googlegroups.com.
