Originally Posted by
TornadoCAN99
Had my Spot Acme for less than a week now and I'm really loving it.
Mine is the 2011 model with the new CenterTrack belt system. Also has the classic style swept back handle bars and grey/metallic paint...2012 model gets the flatbar & hand-polished alu finish.
I found the classic handlebar gave the bike a twitchy feel and wasn't my liking...so I've swapped to a 15 degree riser bar and this has transformed the feel of the bike for the better. Still breaking in the nice quailty WTB seat...though if it doesn't come in soon I might be looking to swap to something more comfy (I'm an old guy!). I had a Salle Royal on my last bike that was very good.
Thanks.
Mike.
Hi Mike, I've picked up an '11 and think it's a little small for me, but a guy from Spot told me to try a riser bar, so I ran across your post here. Looks like the new one has a 9 degree bar, is there any advantage to the 15? I don't know much abou riser bars. Did you use the same stem? I think it's flippable, did you leave it as is, or flip it?
Regards,
Eric