I tried a set of them on my wife's Breezer, with odd results. Essentially, the near grips are VERY near, the far grips are VERY far, and the side grips are very widely spaced. She went back to the original MTB bars, and was happier. The stem length can be optimized for one of the hand posiitons, but then the others are very far out, with a large distance from the good position. She's now (2 years after going back to MTB bars) happiest with Georgena Terry road bars.
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Trying to see if I can manage to get completely rid of my left > shoulder/neck pain, I've decided to try installing Trekking bars on my > Atlantis. Figuring out that I'm only going to get to do this once, I've > ordered a Nitto B825AA Touring Bar (Trekking/Butterfly style) and a Modolo > Yuma Trekking bar. I had ordered this one first, and then found out that > Nitto had a version that someone in one of the bike forums recommended as > being much better than the Modolo so I ordered one as well figuring out that > the one I don't like I can always sell, and if I don't like them at all I > can sell both. > > Reviews and online discussions show that a number of people have found the > solution to their comfort/fit problems with these bars, and that they're > very popular in Europe. Has anyone on this list tried them at all? > > While these bars arrive later this week, I put my Moustache bars on the > Atlantis with the 8cm Dirt Drop stem to see how it would fit. I had only > used them back on the Bombadil but they hurt my hands. The shorter top tube > on the Atlantis puts them at a much nicer range, but after a couple of short > rides with no tape (and no rear brake), I can't quite make up my mind if > they're going to be more comfortable than the Noodles or not. They seemed > very nice, and I liked the position with the stem at almost full rise. > > It seems to me, based on how I felt with the M-bars, that the Trekking bars > will address the following concerns: > - Lack of straight section where the brake levers are on the M-bars > - Lack of angle on the straight sections of the M-bars that angles out > instead of being straight back > - Additional close horizontal section for fully upright riding at slow > speeds. > > I'm thinking I'm going to set the brake levers on the Trekking bars just > like they go on the M-bars instead of the usual setup on the rear (close to > the body) straight sections and I ordered a set of Paul's bar-end shifter > pods to explore where to put the shifters for optimal placement. I have > several ideas in mind, but will have to do some playing around first to see > if they make sense at all. > > Finally, since these bars are 25.4, I ordered a 10 and an 8cm Nitto Dirt > Drop stems so I can fine tune the fit and avoid using the shims on the 26.0 > Nitto Dirt Drop stem. > > I appreciate any feedback or suggestions regarding the best way to leverage > these bars to see if I can finally take care of my neck! > > Thanks to all, > > René > > -- > 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. > -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- 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.
