Hi, all. Where does one put one's mirror on one's moustache bars? I've tried it in a couple of obvious places. But there's always some negative aspect to the positioning; either I can't see what I should be able to see or I can't move my hands around in the way I'd like. I've got the CycleStar 5-inch arm round mirror Peter White sells. I also like the RBW-sold mirror and would get one if I had a good idea about where to put it.
I have bar-end shifters and forward-mounted drop-bar levers (i.e. sort of the traditional RBW set-up, I think). I'm willing to give up a mirror. But I'm pursuing a multi-cockpit approach to cycling (as opposed to the substantially more expensive yet more convenient multi-bicycle approach to cycling) and would like to have the choice of cockpit for any given ride/day/week be all about which bars I feel like riding and not about which "amenities" (if a mirror can be said to be an "amenity" when one is riding in even moderate traffic) I'm willing to give up. Let me tell you, I've effectively got two Hillbornes right now: one has high&lovely ride-'em-all-the-live-long-day Albatross bars and the other has go-get-'em moustache bars (which, by the way, are at least an inch above the saddle; "go-get-'em" is definitely in the eye of the beholder). Two completely different bikes, separated only by their inner cables. Each "cockpit" has its own front housing set; I don't vary the two rear housing pieces just to get the color right or anything. Silver rearward housing goes with anything on this bike. I've got the pieces/parts for the Noodles awaiting an opportunity to be set up. I can't wait to see what *that* cockpit is going to be like. Some things I hadn't thought through before going with this multi- cockpit notion: having the front derailer be non-indexed (where indexing would be annoying anyway) makes it a *whole* lot easier to run a new cable to it. And so far I've found the XT low-normal (Rapid Rise) derailer to be quite simple to connect and adjust. And I'm not sure I'd even consider this notion if I weren't using linear-pull brakes. And personally I'd rather pay for extra stems (each cockpit has its own) up front than have to adjust my headset every time I did this. So for me, having the headset be threaded is also a big plus. In any case, I can now do a whole cockpit swap in 15 minutes, including the test ride and rear index-ing adjustments. And trust me, I am *not* a bike mechanic. Anyway.... mirror positioning? (Once I get all the cockpits taped/twined/tweaked/tested, I'll put up some shots of the different arrangements.) Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean P.S. Turns out I'm kind of "into" bikes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
