I tend to agree with Dave. I'm 5'10" size medium dude. I love 46cm Noodles on the Hillborne, for touring and mixed terrain stuff. I'm going to go with 44 Noodles for the next build, a lightish brevet kind of bike.
On Aug 24, 4:59 pm, Dave Craig <dcr...@prescott.edu> wrote: > I believe that preferences for width also depend on the bike and > terrain. > > My Bombadil really handles best with WIDE bars (48 noodle and > bullmoose). I like the Quickbeam with 48 noodles because I'm out of > the saddle cranking up hills a lot and I like the extra leverage. I > have a geared road bike with 45cm bars and it rides great with those. > Also, I find that as the need for control in rougher terrain > increases, wider bars offer better handling. > > Dave > > On Aug 24, 9:41 am, "D.Lemon" <davidboydle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I realize there's a blurb on the Riv site addressing sizing guidance > > for the Noodle Bars, but I'd like to get thoughts from the Group. > > Anyone else out there roughly fitting the numbers of 82 PBH, 56cm Riv, > > 5'7", and ride with the Noodle Bar? I'm in the market for one but > > waffling a bit between the 41cm and the 44cm. Thanks for your > > thoughts. > > -- 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.
