Hi all, I will address two points, and I acknowledge my findings are empirical.
My Redline Monocog 29er has a very short stem, perhaps only 5 to 6 cm with, essentially a straight bar. I have no problems steering it through single track, over roots, stones, logs etc. I have noticed the Noodles have a long reach. I have two sets of bars that I swap out on my Carrera Andromeda. One is Bontrager VR that uses a 10 cm stem. The other set is a Noodle that I use a 8 CM stem to get the same reach. I have not experienced differences in handling either way. You could try new compact handlebar as recommended already, or you could switch the stem to a shorter version. Neither of which should effect handling in a way that you could not adapt to. As already discussed a 1 cm raise on the bars would bring them closer to you. It could be a cheaper and fast alternative. Jay Demarest, NJ On Aug 6, 5:05 pm, Solomander <soloman...@aol.com> wrote: > It is the reach of the bars. I am using Campy Ergos and am comfortable on > the tops of my Noodles. I was originally thinking about bars with a shorter > reach, but as Bill mentioned, there aren't many short reach options in 26mm. > I have raised the bars and will see how things sort out on tomorrow's ride. > Plan B should probably be a set of Mark's bars. Thanks for all of your > advice. > > Joel -- 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.
