I'm built similarly and love drop bars and can't get comfortable on anything else (I've tried them all, too). I find drops particularly useful with ss and fixed gears because these require, or can require, a wider range of power outputs, and different hand/arm/body positions favor different power outputs: as you notice when you get forward and low.
What has your problem with drops been? I've found that saddle position is one of the keys to comfortable arms, neck and shoulders. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:06 PM, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > just put a deposit on a SimpleOne.. trying to decide on the bars. > > i've never really been a fan of drop bars, e.g. growing up as a kid in the > 70s.. and the couple of times i've tried them over the intervening decades > haven't really changed my mind - the front ends have felt pretty squirrely > (but these were mostly skinny tires, too). > > i've got a canti-Rom with mustache bars and a Hillborne with bullmoose bars - > love them both, although the front-end of the Hillborne is a bit floppy when > unloaded. > > i figured that my lack of enthusiasm for drops was d/t build (very long > torso, short legs - 5'11 w 84 pbh). that being said, i'm wondering if there > is something i'm "missing" in not getting used to drops. > > so i guess.. is there anything about a quickbeam/simplone that should > influence my anti/pro stance on drops? > > anyone like other bars on their QBs, etc? > also wondering about albatross - anyone have pics of those on a QB? > > thank, > andrew > > -- > 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. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com A billion stars go spinning through the night Blazing high above your head; But in you is the Presence that will be When all the stars are dead. (Rilke, Buddha in Glory) -- 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.
