How are you setting up Albastache bars?

[Bryan Dalik]

Hi all,

I am very Albastache curious and have a pair that I am setting up on a Bridgestone RB-T. I am hugely inspired by all of the Blue Lug builds with Albastache on them. I think they look great and look comfortable. I'm struggling to find the sweet spot for the brake levers and how to get them to be just right. I know how to do it for drops, but it's perplexing me on these flatter bars. Anyone got any tips/tricks/ways to find the sweet spot? I've seen them set up kind of all over the place. How are you doing it?

Here's a photo of my favorite looking setup.

Thanks! - Bryan

[Victor Meng]

Hi Bryan,

I ride Albastache on my Ram and like them a lot.  I've tinkered around with various setups, but like them best with the lever ends flush with the sides of the bar.  I like it this way because I tend to grip what would be the hooks of the Albastache and I could grab the ends of the levers with my fingertips.  This is a pic from an earlier setup; I've now gone to silver bar end shifters that adds ~ an inch of grip area to the ends of the Albastache.

Happy holidays,

Victor

[Mark V]

I'm guessing the sweet spot will be purely subjective. 

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Albastache - set up kind of in-board, and set up dropping from the stem

I think I like the levers kind of level to the world. 

Albatross set up as riser bars, but more outboard.   (OH! the rear wheel of the RoadUno made it into the frame!) 

No pic yet, but I just switched my RoadUno Choco bars to drop bar levers. I'll snap a pic eventually. 

cheers. 

Mark