Hugh: You've really captured a feeling in your description of you ride. Those times are truly special.
As to the bars, I've always been comfortable with drops but occasionally muse on trying an upright bar on my Atlantis. I've tried Moustache bars on another bike & couldn't get used to them. Drops have more hand positions and allow the rider to sit at various back angles. Mine are high enough that I'm virtually upright when my hands are on the tops. When headwinds kick in, drops let the rider hide a bit from the wind. Off-road is where I think uprights may have a place, especially with braking. I suspect that aero levers, even with good quality brake cable housing, lose some force compared to MTB brake levers. Uprights also seem to fall into the 55-60 cm range in width, providing greater leverage than even wide drops. dougP On Monday, August 12, 2013 10:38:07 AM UTC-7, hsmitham wrote: > > Have had my Hilsen now 7 months I've done a California coastal tour, mini > tour & rumble and a multitude of mixed terrain rides and feel I have dialed > in Homer well enough...was riding the other day and just had that feeling > that Homer and I were fully integrated, symbiotic I knew what to expect > handling wise and found my self in the drops with a full tank of steam and > felt joy! I don't know but being in the drops cutting through the wind legs > churning... though I'm an un-racer Homer whispered in my ear it's okay > let's do it... let's race a little. And race we did stars and galaxies we > raced; the fatigue you feel when you've expend some energy, beads of sweat > sit up and breath relax and cruise cause Homers got me covered for that > too. I've been told I'd love a set of albatross bars or "M" bars and I even > got a chance to check out the new Albastashes on Manny' ride but I'm just > not yet ready to discard the Noodles maybe in the future when my back > complains or on another build but for now it's me the Hisen and the drops > for as long as we can...Love the drops. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalpusher61/9418447980/ > > Do you love the drops? > > ~Hugh > > > > > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
