I found that the Albas were best waaaay up, as high as I could get them. That's w/out changing stem length, so effectively a touch shorter than a stem @ saddle height.
Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Jay in Tel Aviv <jayin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another thing you might consider is playing around with the bar's height > and angle. Lower bars = farther reach, similar to a longer stem. It took me > a lot of trial and error to find the right combination for me. > > Jay > > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 5:58:07 AM UTC+2, Robert Barr wrote: > >> I agree with Jay. I have his old 10 and it fits me well. But I think it >> all depends on the initial sizing - did you go big Riv or smaller? >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I had that setup on an AHH that was already a bit big on me (read: >>> longish toptube). I ended up selling cockpit and frame (separately) so >>> never made the swap, but I would have purchased a 13 stem to replace the >>> 10. My experience with Albas is that the sweep-back is significant. >>> >>> Joe Bernard >>> Vallejo, CA. >>> >>> On Monday, December 30, 2013 6:09:27 AM UTC-8, blakcloud wrote: >>> >>>> I am not happy with the Albatross bar and the 10 cm stem that I have on >>>> the Sam now. I feel a little cramped in the cockpit and so a longer stem is >>>> needed/wanted. Some where on the Riv site I remembered reading to get a >>>> longer stem with this bar setup, but how much longer? The choices are 11, >>>> 12 and 13 cm stems. >>>> >>>> My inclination is to get a 12 cm. What are other people using, what >>>> would you suggest? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@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. > -- 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.
