The braking with road levers in the hooks might be better if you flipped the bars. I'm pretty sure Grant intended the mustache bar to be run that way, and it's how I've run mustache bars in the past. The way you have it, the levers angle up, which is opposite of how the bar goes. Might be a bit better as is if you angled the hoods section up, but I still think flipping the bars and running them as intended would probably be the best option. Seems like you have plenty of rise already with that dirt drop stem.
Nice old Novarra! Didn't I read somewhere - maybe it was that NYM article, even - that Grant got his start at the Berkeley REI? Cheers, Steven A On Monday, December 16, 2024 at 10:35:41 AM UTC-8 p madd wrote: > Hello! First time poster here. I've admired the riv line up for a years > now and was inspired to join this group after reading the piece on Mr. > Peterson in the New Yorker. > > I am 'remodeling' a bike I salvaged from the side of dumpster back in the > throws of June 2020 - it isn't anything special, and I've owned some other > really fun builds by my SO, but I just keep coming back to this frame. > > Anyway, I recently scored some Albastaches on the cheap and been curious > to make them work. Currently have them flipped so there is a rise rather > than the intended drop. Length wise - I love the back hand position, and I > love the forward position - but the curve of the front makes for some > awkward handling while braking, esp downhill. I am thinking of forgoing the > road brakes and finding some city ones or mtb ones with the correct > diameter. > > Anyone out there rocking these and loving the set up? Any tips or tricks > you care to share? > > Thanks for reading and see you on the net. > > P. > > > > > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1a0fc285-7e31-4a1a-b2fd-8a4fb635281dn%40googlegroups.com.
