Thanks, all. I finally forced myself to stop dithering and ordered a MAP/Ahearne bar, black and 31.8. I fully intend to cut at least 2" and perhaps 3" off each end, and I hope that this doesn't make too many people wince. But 610 mm (the 31.8 comes only in this width; the 570 in 25.4) ought to be a very likeable ~560 mm if I take 2-3" off each end, and bring the width between ends down by an estimated total of 2". We'll see.
I'd have happily bought a Rivendell bar (have bought many in the past) but they all have too much sweepback, except the Bullmoose, and that costs about 15X what the bike is worth, and I'd have to cut it severely anyway. (I'm not ideological about narrow bars; I've tried any number of wide bars, properly set up, and I just don't like them.) I seriously considered the Jones bar, but 2 negative reviews made me pause, and it does involve a great deal more of tubular real estate than the MAP. I was very tempted by the Dajia Far Bar (and also considered buying another Salsa Bell Lap or current equivalent), but that would have required a new (taller) stem and new brake levers, so we shall see what the MAP bar brings. Next up: cranks. Riv content: I realize that aesthetically the Monocog is not Rivendellian, but it does share at least the traits of steel, simple, durable, and anti-fashion, and the handling suits me fine, whose tastes have been largely formed by 26 years of riding 5 Rivendells. If Riv made a ss that took 700C X 75 mm tires, I'd consider buying one. On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 11:58 AM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Monocog (so much prettier than Leah's Platypus) is surprisingly > comfortable with the stock (at least, that's what I got with the bike as > second owner) mtb bar after I cut fully 8" off of it, but the shortening > also cut off the ends that curved backward, and now there is only a minimal > rearward angle; I'd like more. Also, I'd like more positions, both a sit up > and beg type position and a lower and narrower hard-surface cruising > position in addition to the sit-up-and-beg. > > I know that I could get what I need with a longer (say 110 or 120 mm > instead of 90) and higher (say 45* instead of 30*) stem, but the Monocog > has cable discs (which work perfectly well with mtb levers, btw -- no > rubbing, strong, only rather grabby). If I were to swap in a drop bar, I'd > have to change the levers. > > 1. Jones bar or flared drop or something else? I don't want a bar with > huge rearward sweep and, in fact, if I were to buy the Jones bar I looked > at, I'd amputate all but fistfulls from each end. > > 2. If drop, which one? I'd like a flared drop for dirt and brush control, > but with slightly narrower hoods that are comfortable when cruising on > flat, hard ground, not hugely wide (of the 6 or 8 flared drops I tried over > the years, from the original WTBs to the an On One bar of some sort that > was far too wide, a 44 cm Salsa Bell Lap was the best, but that was 10 > years ago or more. I'd set this up higher and closer so that the hooks are > comfortable on (flat) singletrack, but the hoods comfortable for cruising > with elbows bent, and the flats for situpandbeg. > > 3. Brake lever question: One advantage of the Jones is that I could use > the existing levers. But for a drop bar, another question: Has anyone > experience using cable *MOUNTAIN BIKE *discs with *NON-AERO ROAD* levers? > Those in question are an old pair of mid-level Campy *non aero* levers. > > 4. On One Mary? I find the present too-straight cut down mtb bar more > comfortable than the apparently similar Suly Open bar, though. > > Ta! > > Patrick > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/CALuTfgs_pWYsaymDzQNwOw5h6eFfVNAr%2B8HCjYDKCTAMkzKqwA%40mail.gmail.com.
