Originally Posted by
treadtread
How do you like your trekking bars? Does the fact that you are now more upright bother you a bit? I was trying to find bars that wouldn't change the position - I thought that should be easy to find - just have a shallower angle to the curve so that the flat end stays where it currently is - but every trekking bar I have seen (and there arent many) forces the rider into a more upright position for brakes and shifters.
Well for ME, it's wonderful, I've got two forms of arthritis that effect the ligaments and tendons in ALL the major joints, my straight bar with 35 degree stem on my Coda Sport still give me a "pain in neck" when I ride it, the same 35 degree stem with the Trekking bars, gives me NO PAIN at all!
I'll keep the straight bars on the Coda Sport as I use it for "local dirt paths" but for longer rides I will only use the Allegro 1 with the Trekking bars. YMMV.