Here is another option not many think of and it worked nice for me but a quill stem would have given me more of a height option....it might really work well for you. More positions like the mustache but a reach that is closer at the cork grip area......the curve of the bar is very similar to a mustache feel and is your more aero stretched out position.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1173002051446&set=a.2522635871448.2142301.1419870581&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1185548845108&set=a.2522635871448.2142301.1419870581&type=3&theater On May 22, 4:04 pm, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Questions summarized without all of the rambling at the end, if you want to > just jump to the meat of this long post. :-) > > When I built up my AHH I was trying to reproduce the feeling of a bike that > I'd recently crashed that had been my favorite to date. Unfortunately, I > think that I overlooked some important details, that, while I knew about > them, weren't prominent enough in my mind. For that reason, I'm having > difficulty getting really comfortable on the AHH, so it's time for a change. > > - On the Schwinn I had used Nashbar Mustache bars. Wanting to recreate > the same feeling, I did the same on the AHH. Problem is, I'd forgotten > that they didn't have the wider ones in stock when I built the Schwinn, so > I bought a wider bar for the AHH, giving me a bigger bar with longer reach. > > - The AHH has a longer top-tube, by about 1 cm. > > - The Nitto stem (forget which one, it's the one they used to sell like > the Dirt Drop, but with 25.4 mm clamp) has a slightly longer reach than the > original stem, plus I'm not really liking the aesthetic. > > *etc*... all adding up to about 3 or 4 cm further reach, and I had already > been stretched to my maximum comfortable position on the Schwinn [I have > long legs relative to my torso]. The wider bars also mean that the aft > position near the bar-end shifters doesn't raise me up much, doesn't change > the angle of my back from the hood position, and seems to compress the area > between my shoulders. > > *So... my questions are:* > > How many hand positions on the Albatross bar? Are the forward positions on > the flats and around the bends usable? > > Do you find the Albatross bars sufficient for full 100 mile century rides? > > How much shorter is the reach on the Albatross bar *vs*. the > Nashbar mustache bar? Or, alternatively *vs*. the Nitto version, which I > know is different, but at least similar. > > Do you tend to install Albatross bars higher than mustache bars? I already > have storage problems at work [no longer able to keep it outside of my > cube, now under the raised section of my desk] and can only spare about 1" > of additional height. > > For > reference:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexkerr/5934743783/in/photostreamhttp://twowheels.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/0226091728.jpg -- 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.
