We have a lot of bikes at our house with mustaches and noodles; I prefer m'bars and my partner prefers noodles. After our current round of bar experiments, I agree with charlie's formula. There are two things I'd add. First, consider a Dirt Drop stem if you really want m'bars raised. I had a short reach (7cm) technomic deluxe on my saluki and wound up switching it to a dirt drop after experiencing neck pain and trying the dirt drop on my proto bleriot. It really gets the bars up. And when they're really up, they kinda sorta start feeling like alba's, which I have on my old mountain bike. Second, my partner is trying m'bars on her new-to-us quickbeam after being in noodle land for years. we put the 7 cm technomic deluxe on for an experiment, and it appears to work like a charm. She's *loving* the access to brakes--this is a key great thing about m'bars, especially for bikes being used to commute or in city riding. I think a key is try a few experiments if you can borrow some bars and see what you like. We did it on the QB, and just let there be an embarrassing amount of cables sticking out during test rides (you'll need less cable going from noodles to m'bars). Granted, this is easier to do with a single, but it would work with bar-end shifters too. I found it not too daunting at all to do the switches, and I am not a bike mechanic.
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