I second the vote for the SALSA COWBELL. I have been on a rampage for the right bars. I have a set of salsa bell lap's on my Surly LHT touring bike but decided, when building my Riv, that I should go with the classic look of the quill stem + polished silver Nitto Bars.
I started out with the B135 Rando bars. I liked them for a good while till the narrow hoods just wore me out. If they were 45 in the hoods instead of the drops, I probably would've kept them. However, those bars are not for big riders! I had a set of 46cm noodles on another bike that I liked... but not that much. After swapping bars and stems several times on my Riv, I decided that I was done with quill stems and that I'd try out the quill stem adapter so I can try some 31.8 bars. There are so many more bars options in 31.8. So I'm now running the 46cm Salsa Cowbell 2 and love them. I love them so much that I put another set on my other bike... and I ordered a set for my sister's bike... and I put them on a bike I built for my buddy. I know bars are a personal thing but I think these bars have a great formula going for them. The short reach, shallow drop, and flare in the drops in fantastic. I highly recommend! On Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:10:59 PM UTC-4, tragicallyaverage wrote: > > Building up a bike and it needs some new drops. Any suggestions? What do > you ride? > I know Noodles of course, and I've tried them in 3 different widths and > for some reason they don't hit home for me. > If you had to put a drop bar other than a Noodle on your Riv/Riv-ish bike, > what would it be? > -- 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/-/ADb-H7vDZYwJ. 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.
