Here's my own personal experience based on one year of riding my latest model Sam, size 51cm.
I'm 5'8" with a PBH of 80 and normal reach proportions for my height. I set up my bike with Boscos on the Nitto open faceplate stem in the longest ength available (135?) based on Will's recommendation, as well as Kevin at Golden Pliers. The fit was great, not stretched out at all, as upright as I wanted, and the center of the bar offers a good widish spot for stretching out if I want to get more aero. This summer I got the itch to make the bike more road bike-ish as I was intending to do some longer gravel rides with it. So I swapped the Boscos out for 46cm Noodles on a 100mm Technomic stem (what I had available.) I rode it that way for a few months, but felt just a bit stretched out - a 70-80 stem would probably have been better and I ordered an 80. However, before I made that swap I had an experience on a 35 mile hilly gravel ride that made me realize the Noodles did not give me the same level of control and comfort I felt with the Boscos and I've now happily switched back to the original setup. At some point in the future I may try out Noodles again on a shorter stem because I'm curious if that would feel significantly different. I'm also curious how it would feel with Tosco bars, as the Boscos are almost too much bar regarding rise and flare. Mike M On Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 12:10:48 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I have a 62cm Sam frame that I built up with Drop bars (Noodles) and it > just felt too big for me. I Was going to sell it but I'm thinking maybe I > should try some more upright bars before I let it go. > I am 6'-02" with a 93cm PBH. I have a 64 cm MIT Atlantis and a 64cm Rambo > that are very comfortable for me with 10cm stem and Noodle bars. > The effective TT length is 61.5 on the Sam frame opposed to 59-60 on the > other two frames. Thinking I'd like to try Bosco or Choco bars and a > shorter stem. > I have always used drop bars. Have a set of Moustache bars that I tried > and couldn't get comfortable with. I would like to have a flat section > close to the stem so the 2 bars I mentioned look like they are the ones to > try. > Anyone else gone through this when trying to get comfortable on the newer > sloped top tube Riv frames? > Anybody have some wide Choco or Bosco bars they want to sell or trade? > I have a like new Moustache and some Noodle bars to swap. > > Richard Borneman > -- 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/232cba04-0ecd-414e-bd4c-f53f4e626607n%40googlegroups.com.
