On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 09:11 -0700, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > Hmmm... here's what I hope it isn't: a "trekking" bar. Those tend to > meet my primary criteria for a bar: height.
I don't understand. The height of the bar has little to do with the bar itself, much more to do with the stem or the spacer stack and steerer. There are (to some, rather hideous) photos aplenty of Rivendells with drop bars easily 4" above the saddle. > My cockpits range from about 1" to about 4" above my saddle... those > are inches, not centimeters. But every trekking style bar I've seen > (including the Nitto) was so fundamentally unattractive that I > wouldn't want to use it even if it cost only $30. My opinion, of > course. And I realize I may be denying myself the most luxurious > mind-blowingly blissful riding experience known to man. But frankly, > each handlebar I have has provided a pretty darn good riding > experience. I don't lack for them. Except for the one that came on my > Trek Hybrid. Ugh. What makes for an attractive bar, for you? -- 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.
