Yeah, I started with Soma Oxfords and Jones and I think one of the Crust sweeper options before deciding I couldn't handle more than 45 minutes or so in that position. Since then it's just been gradually shortening my stem and switching to marginally shorter reach drop bars. Have landed on the Salsa Cowbell with a 50mm stem.
On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 7:17:08 AM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks, also, Danny for the inspiring pics a while back of your reverse > mounted Suntour Power Thumb shifters. I'm loving them set up that way. I > got mine off a 1985 MB-3 but used they are significantly cheaper than > Silver 2s and thumb mounts. > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 8:15:47 AM UTC-4 Eric Marth wrote: > >> Hi Danny — Yes, I went with the Technomic for proper clamp diameter as >> the Orthos are 26.0. I went with a 12cm stem. My face-plater was an 11cm. >> >> I wish the Orthos were 25.4 as others have mentioned. I haven't had any >> trouble yet with the bars slipping. The bars have a lot of flex. I haven't >> ridden any trails with them yet and I'm not a rowdy rider. Harder riders >> have said they "flex like a Rock Shock." >> >> They are so wide I have to sort of wiggle the bike to get it in and out >> of my shed doorway. >> >> On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 11:22:14 PM UTC-4 Erik wrote: >> >>> I thought the reach wasn’t too bad when I ran drops, but I had them set >>> up on a 50mm and then 30mm stem and had them up pretty high. You can see >>> the drops with yellow tape in my first post. I changed them out because I >>> got into an accident the broke my hand and wanted a new set up with >>> different hand positions and wanted the feeling of my hand being protected. >>> The Jones H-loop was perfect for that purpose as I could hold the close >>> side of the loop and my hand was behind the outer loop reducing the chance >>> I was going to smack my hand on something. Or have another rider run into >>> me again and break it. The drops would not have worked for my desired >>> riding position with a longer stem. >>> >>> On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 11:11:11 AM UTC-7 Kevin wrote: >>> >>>> I've gone through enough cockpits (8?) to wonder if I should just move >>>> on from the bike. Would be interested to see/hear if people have had >>>> success with drop bars on the newer Appaloosas. I've got mine to where the >>>> measurements suggest they should be comfortable and still it feels a >>>> little >>>> long. >>> >>> -- 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/393be0ca-70d4-446f-8036-6f84b57e0d98n%40googlegroups.com.
