On Feb 23, 7:08 am, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for all the input folks. I think I'm gonna definitely order up >> a pair of 48s and put them on whatever it is I end up building for a >> camping/touring bike.
------- William answered anyway: > I'm 5'10", 170lbs. Straight up medium. I ride 46 noodles on my > touring/trail bikes and 44s on my brevet bike and go-fast. It's odd > to me that I'm riding almost the widest bars out there, since > shoulders come MUCH wider than mine. Anecdotally I'd say for > everybody that tried a wider drop handlebar, very very few of them > ever said "that was too wide". ------- So I'll pile on: I'm 5'-8", 230 lbs, and "built stout," as we say back home in Oklahoma. I like 52cm Nitto Dirt Drops (vintage!) on our tandem, but they were too wide for me on a single. I ride 48cm Noodles on both my regular drop-barred bikes, and they feel most natural to me. My wife uses 46cm Noodles -- after rejecting 48s as too wide -- and I find those acceptable. For me, even 44cm drops feel a bit snug; anything narrower feels downright unpleasant, even on a right-sized bike. I like me some wide bars, mm-hm. But 52 cm? That's crazy talk! -- Jon "Papa" Grant, who CANNOT WAIT for NAHBS this weekend, in Austin, Texas -- 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-bunch@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.
