Jay, you asked "how do you find the feel of the ramps pointing down and then the levers sweeping up?"
Short answer: So far I'm liking it well enough that I went ahead and wrapped the bars (3rd time for the Ergon tape). Long answer: With the BJ stem (Can't help but chuckle every time I see that name, and yep, the LD is just as adolescently profane), but as I was saying, the reach is short enough for me to comfortably rest my entire palm on the long TRP hoods, which also gives me fair leverage on the brakes. Sliding rearward a bit my hands perch on the bend where the flats transition to the ramps, which again, I find comfortable. Owing to short reach the flats allow me to set up fairly upright and finally the near section of the drops provide a very tolerable position for me and permit quick transition into the forward hooks for maximum braking. So, five useable positions. On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 10:58:49 AM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > +1. More of the current Rivendell models would appeal to me if they could > be set up comfortably with drop bars. Fortunately, I think others have > comfortably set up Clems (which has been on my at least distant target > list) with drops. > > For the record, I like narrow drop bars with long flat ramps for road > bikes (38 cm Maes Parallels on 2 road bikes, 42s on dirt road bike), but > I’d like drops of some sort on other bikes too, since my left palm can’t > tolerate anything else for longer periods. > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM Armand Kizirian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> … It is a shame that it seems Rivendell has ceased to care about drop >> bars. I think there would be sufficient demand for them to update drop bars >> with an updated design, closer to Rivendell ethos. 25.4mm of course, but >> straying away from the Nitto noodle, with it’s long reach and deep drops, >> which is frankly a poor fit for a Rivendell. The gravel-inspired trend of >> shorter reach and shallower drops has inadvertently met the needs of the >> everyday drop-bar cyclist, who wants the primary benefit of drop >> bars--namely different hand positions--with little regard to improving >> aerodynamics or performance. >> > > -- 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/472eb9ce-1549-4c98-bfce-790c19b40405n%40googlegroups.com.
