Old age, higher bars, more forward reach and Maes Professional bars from Compass Bikes
PATRICK MOORE
with a new, 41 cm Maes Parallel
(http://www.compasscycle.com/Handlebars.html), raising the bar an inch
too. The increase from 90 mm of reach to 115 mm puts the hoods on the
new setup about 1/2" further forward and the parallel bend allows me
to put the brake levers higher while still leaving the ends flat, as
the law and my hands require. The new setup gets me as low in the
hooks and hoods while giving me a higher flat; and the long, flat
ramps also allow a higher position while the hoods put me more or less
where I was with the shorter reach, lower bars. Compare photo one with
photo 2. I thought that the new Pearl stem was a 9 but I think it is
really an 8, just as the Specialized it replaced.
The interesting thing is that, contrary to what I had thought but as I
had started to expect, getting a given back angle with a higher but
further away bar definitely puts less weight on your hands while on
the hoods, compared to a similar bend but shorter and lower reach.
It may well be age -- I am 56 -- but all my road bikes (well, as soon
as I get a new stem, the other Riv custom will, too) now have bars
about even with the saddle (that is, with the saddle measured from the
ground at the seatpost point) while my Fargo has the bar about 1"
higher -- and even further forward and I find it easier on my neck and
hands while still keeping the low and powerful posture.
--
Patrick Moore
Albuquerque, NM
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Blazing high above your head;
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When all the stars are dead.
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Michael Hechmer
PATRICK MOORE
I hate taping, let alone re-taping bars. I've long since found the
position that gives me the best toward a flat continuation of the ramp
with adequate reach from the hooks, and with the new Maes bars that
optimum compromise is a lot easier to find. Since I spend a lot of
time in the hooks, I am sensitive to the issue you bring up.
Hoping my stomach (very recently ex-flu) will let me ride today...
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