That should have been off list of course. I am sorry. Should not be
emailing at this late hour.
-jb
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:08 PM, John Blish wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> I have followed this thread and I don't know the answer to your question
> about why it feels twitchy, but I know what twitch
Ok.. I've tried the bars high, low, etc.. i think i'm just built wrong for this
bike.
iIt's a 59cm and i'm 5'11, but with a phb of only about 84.
and i'm north of 200lbs, so the whole setup remains a bit top and forward
heavy, which contributes to the twitchfactor.
i have another set of bu
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:07 AM, CCX wrote:
> A shorter stem and a bigger/heavier front tire will help if you are
>
> Summary
>
> Fast = drops but also = harder to reach brakes in the bumps. If you
> want fast and brakes go with the cross levers.
>
> Not so, not so. Just rotate your levers down
Bars too damned high! You need more weight on the bar -- try a bar bag.
When I got my SH, built at Riv since it was their floor model, I first
installed the bars just an inch or so lower than originally installed in the
Riv website photos. I also lef the hoods angled up (or hooks angled down).
Whe
yeah, what they said. Lower the bars and see if that helps. If you
need the bars that high to be comfy, I think wiide is the way
to go, probably some sort of really wide flat or swept bars. It looks
like you have some wide drop bars on there already, but some of the
flared drops are really
Pretty much what I was thinking as well. Even if it calls for a couple cms
shorter stem to keep the reach similar, try lowering the bars a fair amount
and see how it feels. Seems to me like that high stem is rotating
everything back, which lightens up the front end and presumably makes it
more se
yeah - some linkage:
http://salamander.net/stage/Bleriot/IMG_1925.jpg
http://salamander.net/stage/Bleriot/IMG_1926.jpg
-a
On Mar 30, 2010, at 8:01 PM, rcnute wrote:
> Do you have a picture of your existing set-up?
>
> Ryan
>
> On Mar 30, 7:37 pm, andrew hill wrote:
>> i'm still puzzling ove
i'm still puzzling over this Bleriot .. wondering if a dirt drop stem will
calm the twitchy front end down, versus the Technomic dlxe that is on there
now, while keeping the noodle bars. maybe improve the handling with a closer
bar position a bit?
am i mad to think so? :)
best,
andrew
--
thanks Bill,
i'm using nitto noodles.. i'm not 100% sure how to measure them, but these do
measure ~ 48cm at the widest part of the ramps... think i'm as wide as i can go
on these types of bars.
i've thought about adding interrupteur levers - and easier brake reach would be
better, but it's mo
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> Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Bleriot .. how/if to transform.
>
>
> it's got Panaracer 1.5's on it.
>
> and yes - as a couple of other folks guessed
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it's got Panaracer 1.5's on it.
and yes - as a couple of other folks guessed, this is my first bike with drops.
i'm exceedlingly long-waisted, and don't feel stretched out at all.. but the
front end does fee
it's got Panaracer 1.5's on it.
and yes - as a couple of other folks guessed, this is my first bike with drops.
i'm exceedlingly long-waisted, and don't feel stretched out at all.. but the
front end does feel twitchy compared to straight bars, bullmoose,etc..
thanks for the advice - so far
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 10:15 -0700, Erik C wrote:
> Good advice so far. I ride a bleriot with noodles and don't have the
> experience you are describing. What tires are you using? CLDVs seemed
> a little squirrely in comparison to the GB Cypres I ride now.
You know, I have almost 20,000 miles on C
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