I've tried to use drop bars for many, many years... high, low, classic bend, flared mountain style, etc. Finally, I'm starting to realize I may just be more comfortable on other bars. Maybe it's coming from a mountain bike background, but there are just so many good shapes out there... Albas (and the Soma Oxford knock off that I have), On One Marys, Surly Open Bars... it seems we're living in the golden age of handle bars.
Yes, I sometimes miss the drops when grinding into a headwind, and I like the feeling of grabbing the brake lever bodies while standing and climbing. But for the other 95% of my riding, those alt-bend bars are way more comfortable than drops. Eric Daume Dublin, OH On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:30 PM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Just back from a tour involving rental bikes, my wife & I hopped on our > Atlantii after recovering from jet lag. What a difference! "Touring > bikes" are sometimes derided as heavy, clunky, slow, etc., but after > several hundred miles on rental hybrids, an Atlantis feels like a sports > car. Even though the overall weight isn't much different (hey, we lugged > our rentals up & down stairs, tossed them onto trains, etc.), the > performance difference was enormous, especially climbing. I can't tell you > why but hills that would be "of no consequence" on my Atlantis were > seriously consequential on the rental. In their defense, I'm sure our > rentals would retail well below US$1,000, so it's true that you get what > you pay for. Another unexpected consequence is we are both rethinking the > drop bars on our Atlantii. We were both more comfortable on the upright > bars and there didn't seem to be any downside. Pondering, pondering.... > > dougP > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
