I'm guessing the sweet spot will be purely subjective. --> warning: none Rivendell content below <--
Albastache - set up kind of in-board, and set up dropping from the stem [image: No photo description available.] I think I like the levers kind of level to the world. [image: No photo description available.] Albatross set up as riser bars, but more outboard. (OH! the rear wheel of the RoadUno made it into the frame!) [image: No photo description available.] No pic yet, but I just switched my RoadUno Choco bars to drop bar levers. I'll snap a pic eventually. cheers. Mark On Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 9:34:19 PM UTC-5 Victor Meng wrote: > Hi Bryan, > > I ride Albastache on my Ram and like them a lot. I've tinkered around > with various setups, but like them best with the lever ends flush with the > sides of the bar. I like it this way because I tend to grip what would be > the hooks of the Albastache and I could grab the ends of the levers with my > fingertips. This is a pic from an earlier setup; I've now gone to silver > bar end shifters that adds ~ an inch of grip area to the ends of the > Albastache. > > [image: IMG_2286.jpeg] > > Happy holidays, > Victor > > On Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 6:07:02 PM UTC-8 Bryan Dalik wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am very Albastache curious and have a pair that I am setting up on a >> Bridgestone RB-T. I am hugely inspired by all of the Blue Lug builds with >> Albastache on them. I think they look great and look comfortable. I'm >> struggling to find the sweet spot for the brake levers and how to get them >> to be just right. I know how to do it for drops, but it's perplexing me on >> these flatter bars. Anyone got any tips/tricks/ways to find the sweet spot? >> I've seen them set up kind of all over the place. How are you doing it? >> >> Here's a photo of my favorite looking setup. >> >> Thanks! - Bryan >> >> [image: *RIVENDELL* rambouillet] >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/27e840a6-78ff-44b7-98eb-f88ba52bc560n%40googlegroups.com.
