For what it's worth... I just returned from a 2-day ride on my Bombadil (with the Bullmoose bars and Ergon bar-end grips)... We did a combination of on and off- road, roughly 100 miles. These were super comfortable and I felt I had plenty of hand-position options with the bar-ends. Perhaps it's the backward sweep of these bars (vs the old traditional bullmoose bars from the mid-80s), but these bars definitely can be ridden for long tours.
BB On Dec 4, 8:28 pm, erik jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > bullmoose on my hunqpillar. > > incredibly stiff under torque, since it's all integrated as one piece. great > out of the saddle, too. necessary to stand up sometimes to keep momentum > over steeper hills around here. > > wish i could get them a bit lower, but that's probably not a problem for > most (and maybe i should be on a 58, not a 62). for that reason, I'm > considering a woodchipper or otherwise. but wow, put some weight up front > and just feel those bars offer rock-solid stability. > > ~erik > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:28 AM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > For me, too. I'm curious what sort of bars you have on your Bombadil? > > I find that the Noodles, which I don't like for road (when lower than > > saddle i find the ramps too obvious), are excellent when considerably > > above the saddle and considerably further forward than drops on my > > road bikes. The I can use the hooks for smooth surface cruising, as on > > the hoods for a road bike, and have upright postions on ramps, hoods > > and flats for rough and steep surfaces. (I don't set them up they way > > most off roaders do with dedicated off road drips like the Midge, to > > use the hooks almost all the time with hoods, ramps etc negligible.) > > > -- > > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > oakland, ca > bikenoir.blogspot.com -- 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.
