On Sunday, April 8, 2012 7:41:57 AM UTC+2, Scotty wrote: > > I have given myself about a year to like my moustache handlebars. I really > want to like them, they look so freaking good on my bike, but I dont. Now I > am just not sure what direction I want to go, but I know that I want to be > more upright, and I dont want to replace the whole cockpit. I want bars > that will take my roadbike brake levers and bar end shifters. Even with the > dirt drop stem I feel I am leaning forward too far in the position where > the brakes are. I could use some suggestions for bars that give me a closer > flat section near the brakes that wont force me to buy everything new. Just > the bar. Am I dreaming?
(Hmm, there seem to have been some problem with my previous post - it doesn't show up, and I can see one post that have been deleted...? Was there some problems with it?) Anyway, if you want to have something somewhat similar to the Moustache bar, you must prepare to switch brake levers. I don't know of any other similar bar in 23.8 mm, and also you need a pretty specific curvature for road levers to work. The only two 22.2 mm bars I know of that can take bar-end shifters are the Nitto Albatross and the Soma Oxford. Other than that you can modify and drill out the ends of other handlebars to make them fit the shifters. I've done it with the Nitto 603, but it's not easy. If you aren't absolutely certain you can do it, don't do it yourself. But - why not just try a really short stem first? There are shorter stems that are as high as the short dirt drop stem. I've seen a few old ones that probably have a 20-30 mm extension, though I don't really know if they are easy to find. Ask around and see what the LBS have. /Johan -- 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/-/wJUlPBDIy04J. 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.
