My first encounter with moustache bars was on my new XO-3 in 1994. I tried to like them but it just didn't happen. They were swapped out for drop bars and later for Albatross bars, and both changes were improvements. The XO left for college and later returned home where it spent some time in solitary confinement in my shed. I eventually pardoned it and returned it to duty with its old 'stache bars. After some tinkering with saddle height and fore/aft position and stem height I finally bonded with the whisker bars.
When I built my new 60cm Sam a year and a half ago I went with moustache bars and a Nitto Dirt Drop stem - the bars were way up there, even with the stem in its lowest possible position. It was good, but not great. After six months of that I switched to 48cm Noodles and a regular 10cm stem. Again, it was good but not great. Recently on a whim I decided to try something different so I went back to the moustache bars but this time with a 7cm Nitto Technomic stem. This time it was better than good - it is great. Once you get moustaches positioned in the right spot they can be wonderful. However, when they're not just right they can leave you wondering what the heck anyone sees in them. Bill On Sunday, April 8, 2012 1:41:57 AM UTC-4, 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? -- 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/-/h1MIcpgW1cgJ. 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.
