A contrarian but sincere point of view: I tried a number of wide drop bars, from 46 cm Noodles to 56 or 58 Midges (it has been a long time, but I recall 56 or 58 mm wideth), not to mention half a dozen different wide, flared off road drop bars.
I heartily disliked them, and went back to 42s for my off road bar and 38s for my road bars (measured on ramps; 44 and 40 at middle of hooks; Maes Parallels; RH sold advertised them each way), and chopped 8" off the mountain bike bar on my Monocog (now 52 cm). The wide bars felt awkward and made my shoulders uncomfortable. I do like my bars level with or lower than saddles, but even when positioned slightly higher, I disliked the wide flared drops I tried. I'm not small; I ride a 60 c-c level t-t road bike. On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 5:34 AM Eric Marth <ericma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Big, wide drops seem to be everywhere these days, even here in the group! > I've noticed some for sale and others used in builds. Rather than read > through another dull review in some unfamiliar corner of the internet I > wanted to see if anyone in the group could share some firsthand experience. > How does it feel running those > 50cm drop bars? > > -- > 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/61d1f85e-f801-4b49-adb8-59d5dafac56fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/61d1f85e-f801-4b49-adb8-59d5dafac56fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgs5kP15WuJ7AdRJ1kvT%2Bdt65rYStD1_Evegt4nqHwCZgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
