My current drop bars have a short enough reach, but the drop of 150mm is much too deep for me. I've been considering switching to the Nitto M196 (http://www.bikemania.biz/ProductDetails.asp? ProductCode=Nitto_M196).
The M196 looks like a scaled-down Noodle -- backswept like the Noodle, but with a shorter reach (80mm instead of 95mm) and shallower drop (130mm instead of 140mm). If anyone has tried the M196, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. I'm also interested the M186. At 122mm, its drops are even shallower than the M196, but I like the rounder bend and backsweep of the M196. Both bars are pretty expensive :( Lisa On Jun 6, 1:03 pm, Rocky B <rivvyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > My wife used the the Nitto M186 (http://www.alexscycle.com/handlebars/ > road-1-2/nitto-m186-sti.html) on her old RB-1 and she like them > because of the short reach, shallow drops and flat ramps. We have > since sold the RB-1 and now she's on a Bleriot with Alba bars which is > currently in child-hauler mode. > > When my wife ever decides to go back to drop bars on her Bleriot, I > may have her try the Nitto M106-NAS (http://www.alexscycle.com/ > handlebars/road-1-2/nitto-neat-m106-nas.html). It looks to have the > same short reach, shallow drops, and flat ramps of the m186 but has a > smoother, rounder bend to it (no ergo-bends) -- 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.
