Originally Posted by
RubenAlonzo
Thank you HB, I plan on getting some wicking shirts as well as padded shorts when the weather clears up a bit here in south texas, at the moment it is raining almost every day or drizzling for hours. my bars and rack pack just arrived yesterday and I already installed them, the memory foam seat I bought at academy is wonderful compared to the stock seat and I really like the way is now as compared to when I first brought her home its all about making the bike fit me and reflecting what I want and intend to get out of it so I cannot be happier with how she has turned out. I will try to post some pics tomorrow sometime of how she looks now. thanks again for the advice!
P.S. What seat did you buy?
Glad you got your stuff. HBCruiser posted some decent advice, but we gotta remember that how bikes are set-up, especially the ergos, are going to vary according to rider preference and terrain. Folks commuted on bikes with upright, swept-back bars over great distances for about a century now; it works great for some, not so much for others. My commute is shorter (@12miles round trip to one job, and 6miles round trip to another), but I most often make it on a Worksman that weighs about 6trillion pounds, and it has the Wald 867 "Scout" bars...basically, a narrower version of the bar Ruben bought. Works fine for me, and I get off the saddle for standing efforts pretty frequently...