Re: Ride Report: Bethanga, Melbourne, Barry Way and Talbingo
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 5:07 am
Peter,
Ross said he has a whole bucket of bar options. I didn't pay too much attention to the details, rather just that there will be a fair few to look at and compare. RS, RT... and many slight variations. I am interested in looking at a set of GS or even ST bars, but alas he sold his set of GS bars a week or so ago.
here are my current bars, not sure whether they are stock or not.
The bike is still dirty from the trip.
The shed, even for my high standards, is in an extreme state of disrepair. (tomorrow I will have a stab at a good shed clean and organise)
I have found that rolling the bars as forward as I can has given me the least pain so far. Before doing this my hands were going numb within a couple of hours of riding. They don't do that anymore, but my hands and wrists are still agony after a full days ride.
Aside from different bars I have considered finding or making up some extended bar risers. My feeling is that they need to be higher and possibly wider with the grips more flat to each other relatively. I don't know though, this is just intuitive guesswork.
Ross said he has a whole bucket of bar options. I didn't pay too much attention to the details, rather just that there will be a fair few to look at and compare. RS, RT... and many slight variations. I am interested in looking at a set of GS or even ST bars, but alas he sold his set of GS bars a week or so ago.
here are my current bars, not sure whether they are stock or not.
The bike is still dirty from the trip.
The shed, even for my high standards, is in an extreme state of disrepair. (tomorrow I will have a stab at a good shed clean and organise)
I have found that rolling the bars as forward as I can has given me the least pain so far. Before doing this my hands were going numb within a couple of hours of riding. They don't do that anymore, but my hands and wrists are still agony after a full days ride.
Aside from different bars I have considered finding or making up some extended bar risers. My feeling is that they need to be higher and possibly wider with the grips more flat to each other relatively. I don't know though, this is just intuitive guesswork.