I had the same experience with bar ends as Jim with my Albatross bars and switched to Billies with thumb (L) & trigger (R) shifters. I would not like bar ends on Billies unless I had a very long stem, were talking unobtainable long. I love the extra hand position in front of the grips for heads down riding and the closer hand position when on the grips.
Spend some time riding with your hands on the shifter pods & levers to get an idea of the Billy Bar relaxed on the grips position. On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 8:03:01 AM UTC-6 Jim in Mpls wrote: > Hi Raf > What bike are you thinking of putting Billies on? > They come back quite a bit, so if your bike wasn't necessarily designed > for upright bars with a long front end(like current Rivs), you may run into > problems with bar end shifters. > I put a set on my 96 All-Rounder, and kept hitting my knees on the bar end > shifters. I switched to thumb shifters, because I love the extra hand > positions with the Billies over the Albatross bars. > Jim > > On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 4:54:39 AM UTC-5 Ed Fausto wrote: > >> Hi Raf, >> I have an Albatross on my Toyo Atlantis. >> But on the MIT Atlantis with long top tube, I preferred the Billie bar >> specially the longer grip area which allows me to have more area to grip on >> the bend part. >> But I use thumb shifters on the Billie :-) >> >> On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 1:49:14 PM UTC+8 turmoili...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> hello all >>> >>> i wanted to get some opinions on the billie bars - im debating getting >>> some for a current build with bar-end shifters. i used to ride drop bars, >>> but making the switch ( i have albatross bars currently) >>> >>> curious to know if ppl here ride them/ favorite bike set up with them? >>> >>> thanks, >>> raf >>> >>> -- 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/2db9899e-3589-4f98-9d8a-4b8f04900558n%40googlegroups.com.
