Originally Posted by Vanguard
I'm curious by what you guys mean by having more "hand positions" on the mustache bar. I keep looking at the handlebar picture and see only one way to grip the bars.
For example, look at
this site, which just so happened to be the first thing that popped up on Google. Note, the retro types tend to tape these bars, skipping traditional grips, and move the brakes up into the bend area. You can sit up and hold onto the ends, or more in the center, towards the stem, or lean over into the bends, or any place in between. I suffer from
On a side note, it looks like the current spec Jamis has the Alfine trigger shifters, which is a really good thing. It will allow you to move both the shifters, and brake levers, to almost any position along the bar, as you heart desires. The standard twist shifter would pretty much be stuck the the bar end, although, if you look at Sheldon Browns site, he has come up with a couple in interesting positions for the twist shifter.