I wasn't too keen on any drop bars before a few days ago. The 48 noodles were bought on a whim off the list here and sat untouched for several weeks. My whole thought process was something like: "Since all my other bars are at least this wide maybe wide drop bars would smooth the transition to drop bars." It wasn't until I decided I was going to give drops an honest try and actually put them on my bike and rode them a little that I really gave any more thought to what features/sizes I might actually prefer in a drop bar. I'm fine with the 48s for now. But that's sort of like saying I'm fine with Skippy peanut butter before I ever try Adams... or any other peanut butter.
Regarding the 48s I have already noticed that they're not as sporty feeling as I initially thought. Perhaps that's just my getting used to them after a few miles. I can imagine swapping the 48s out for something narrower... if only as an experiment. When/if I do, I'll surely post about it. --Smitty On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:50:33 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 20:00 -0800, Smitty-A-Go-Go wrote: > > > > Those Grand Bois bars are intriguing. If I were buying bars today, > > those would be on the short list. I’m going to ride the bars I have > > for now (48cm Noodles) and get a feel for what my drop bar preferences > > are. Perhaps next time I get fidgety the GBs will get ordered. > > If you like a 48cm Noodle I can't imagine your liking any Grand Bois > handlebar. They are all, even the widest, dramatically narrower than > that Noodle. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sRUIlav9hbIJ. 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.
