Oh nice, Ian! I am totally here for a drop-bar Platy. How do you like that setup?
This thread got me more seriously considering taking on a project that’s been floating around in my head for a bit: putting drops on my Cheviot. On Feb 24, 2025, at 08:03, Ian Wilder <iandouglaswil...@gmail.com> wrote:
This thread may have gone a different direction, but here's this for your consideration:
On Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 1:50:05 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
Would getting your Cowbell* lower make the brifters more comfortable? If that is the case, perhaps a stem with a more negative angle might help? I think of this because I like the drop bar on my off road drop bar Matthews with Fargo-like stack just about level with saddle and about 2 cm further forward than on the lower drops on my road bikes. I played around with an expensive number of stems with different reaches and rises/drops before I settled on a 10 cm with 30* angle installed downward, which got it about 5 mm below saddle which is perfect; with the usual 17* stems I could not get that sweet spot.
Fortunately, the Ritchy cyclocross stems I bought have logos designed for symmetry whether they are flipped up or down.
One disadvantage of the clamp-on type of stem is that it can cost you to find the right length and angle; OTOH, one great advantage is that it’s easier to find stems in different angles.
* Aside: Curious: why is a single handlebar spoken of in the plural? I understand that pants is a plural noun because they have two legs and because “I put on my heather gray and lavender with orange stripe tweed pant this morning” sounds odd. But doesn’t one install one handlebar on on bike? Or do we consider the two halves on either side of the stem clamp as deserving name recognition like the two legs on a pant?
Patrick Moore, who sometimes snags his bars on the pockets of his pant, in ABQ, NM.
HTA is 71.5*.
For those using Cowchippers, Woodchippers, and similar bars from other companies, how do you have yours set up in terms of the following:- Handlebar to saddle 'drop' (are the bars above, below or level with the saddle), specifically the hoods
- Are you using Brifters?
- Brifter position on the bars (high up towards the tops, deep in the drops, like the Serotta pick above)
- Angle of the drops (level to the ground, sloped down...how much approx)
- Anything else I've missed re: setup?
I ask because on my Fargo I have Cowbells, and I like them (have them on my other bike, love them on that bike)), but the bars are above the saddle because of the high stack/head tube, and this makes using the brifters (Sram Apex) unnatural for me, as I feel like I'm raising my shoulders to place my hands on the hoods at a comfortable angle for my wrist/hand/arm, which sometimes causes discomfort in my neck/shoulder area. So I'm wondering if a different bar and brifter position may solve this for me on this bike. Problem is it's an expensive experiment! Thanks
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