Genetic, perhaps in the metaphorical sense. I was born and raised a drop bar guy as a kid in the late 70's early 80's. When I first saw a mountain bike at the bike shop with bullmoose bars, I thought it was kind of goofy. Appealing and novel in its goofiness, but goofy (I was 12). I've owned, by my count, 11 different bikes with straight bars of various kinds, and I've never thought of any of them as anything more than novelty bikes in my stable. My Bombadil I set up with drop bars to start. When the longer reach bullmoose bars came available and when Jay offered to get them powdercoated to match my frame, I gave them a try. I like them, a lot, but it would be a stretch to say I love them. I do love the Bombadil, though. I love the bike enough that I'm motivated to get proper drop bars on it, so it can be a 'real' bike for me. I'm planning it out that the bullmoose bars will be an alternate configuration, but all paths always lead back to drop bars for me.
On Dec 3, 9:37 am, Montclair BobbyB <[email protected]> wrote: > I fear this may be like asking my kids "Who do you like better, Mom or > Dad?"... I am seeking insight, not seeking to incite... but I'll put > it out there for discussion anyway. > > I've set up my Bombadil to quickly swap between my drop bars (48cm > Noodles) and my flat bars (Nitto Bullmoose 150mm ext). I really want > to like the drops, but I can't even compare the comfort and > functionality of these to the Bullmoose (which are simply awesome). > > Admittedly I've never been a huge fan of drops, except on my skinny go- > fast SS I can't imagine anything but... In this case, though, where I > take my Bomba everywhere, including off-road, down stairs, etc... I > feel under any circumstance I'll have full control and comfort with > the Bullmoose bars, but not nearly with the Noodles. > > Is this a genetic thing? You either gravitate to drops or you > don't? Or am I just not giving the drops a fair shake here? I don't > want to immediately rush to judgment and get rid of the Noodles, but > it feels like I'm completely sold on the Bullmoose. > > I've got a 2-day tour coming up this weekend, so I'll give the > Bullmoose bars a proper distance and mixed terrain test... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
