Funny, for me it was the opposite: the M bar felt most comfortable when positioned low and forward, but I missed the sit-up position of the flats on a drop bar. If the heel of my left hand weren't so sensitive that anything except road drops positioned level with the ground hurts it after a few miles, I'd probably have M bars on the Fargoat least one bike.
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 9:50 AM, RJM <crccpadu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have always heard to set up mustache bars with a shorter stem and one > that is higher (compared to drops) and it has worked for me in the past. A > longer stem makes me feel like I am reaching too far all the time. > > The one thing you miss out on with mustache bars vs. drops is a good lower > position. I find that on drops just having that extra lower position really > helps with comfort on longer rides because I can change my back position. > It helps with the backache. > > > Now, on drops you can get a real nice reach when you use road brake > levers. It is almost like getting into a time trial position, but not > quite. Helps the back too. > > I like mustache bars quite a bit but am not running them on any bikes > currently. Once I get the Roadeo built up with drops, I was thinking of > putting mustache bars on the Hillborne. I really liked the mustache bar > when I had my Jamis Aurora up and running with them. They did get comments > though. > On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:56:02 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > >> Just FYI for anyone who is interested which bar has a longer/shorter >> reach. >> >> As you can see, I laid the 'stache over the noodles, lining up the clamp >> area of the stache to where the clamp on the stem is and looks like >> moustaches have a shorter reach than noodles both at the hooks and bar ends >> by about almost 2cm. >> >> Keep in mind that the mouth of the hand (between thumb and first >> finger) will be behind the metal part of the stache bar hook and not on a >> hood, like on drops. >> >> But will it* feel* like a shorter reach in real use (that would be >> good!)? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- http://resumespecialties.com/index.html patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
