Re: Albatross vs Choco bar (A photo comparison)

[Daniel Jackson]

How about the choco vs albastache??

On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 9:00:31 PM UTC-5, Casey McMann wrote:

New to the group. Just wanted to show everyone the difference between these two bars.

[BSWP]

I call it the Choco-stache, a further iteration of the Moustache bar.

- Andrew, Berkeley

On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:48:19 PM UTC-8, Casey McMann wrote:

I can post a picture of that tomorrow.

[cyclotourist]

Hey Casey, thanks for taking the time to do this!

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Casey McMann <fowl...@gmail.com> wrote:

New to the group. Just wanted to show everyone the difference between these two bars.

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[Philip Kim]

Thanks for the pick. Does the Chocos sweep back more towards the rider than the albatross? Hard to tell, I wish Riv posted backsweep angles.

[drew]

thanks. this is good to see. ill second the request that,  if possible, an albastache comparison would be cool.

[drew]

Thanks!

[Daniel Jackson]

WOW. Huge difference that I did not anticipate. Thanks for sharing this as well. 

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 12:05:35 PM UTC-5, Casey McMann wrote:

Quick snap to show you. Excuse the hand.

[Ryan Fleming]

Hi Casey...welcome to the group and thanks for posting!

May I ask what shifters and brake  levers you're using (and what bike you're running them on)? One of the shifters looks like a sun race  not sure about the other one

Thinking of the Chocos for my upcoming mixte and was thinking of the relatively inexpensive SunRace but seems like they are a bit of a PITA  with ghost shifting and stuff I'd prefer not to deal with.

Thanks!

[Garth]

  
Casey, the Albastache is 55.5cm wide, the Alba and the Choco are 55cm.  The sweep angles of the Alba and Choco are the also same .  The difference between the bars is the drop and forward extension, the Choco being less in each. It is as Riv says "the Alba with a few tweaks" .

Your third photo in your first post , with just the 2 bare bars pretty much depicts this !  Well done !

There is a flickr image of Riv bars superimposed on each other, I suspect this will be added soon.

On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 5:02:23 PM UTC-5, Casey McMann wrote:

The Bar on Bar shot is the Albastache not the Albatross. So yeah, it is totally wider.

[drew]

Looks like the content is gone here. Got my chocos today. To my measurements, they are swept back about 2-3cm further than albatross bars. unmounted, they seem very long, but I guess you get a lot more useable grip area that way. I never found the curves of albatross' to be useable. The curves of these seem more comfortably positioned. As grant described, the rise/drop is negligable, though I think I'll try them in the downward position. Interested to see how the length works with bar end shifters.