My first foray into comfort was rebuilding my old Raleigh when I could no longer reach over the 120mm stem and Maes bar.


Hanging out on the RBW forum I learned all about moustache bars and have not looked back - this bike with moustache cockpit is now my fit and comfort benchmark. (I took reach measurements from this bike to build two others, drop-bar road and upright.)



There are at least 3 very good riding positions, on the cozy wide hoods for aero, on the bends for brake, and on the outside for upright and control in rough.


Uses your road brake levers and shines with bar-ends. Note that the brake levers are not flat, but tilted down far enough that you operate them with your wrists straight. (For road brake levers that are canted for left/right side, you reverse the L/R side to match the bar drop.)

The stem needs to be 50mm shorter reach than what works for you on drops. The 225mm quill-length Technomic allows 160mm exposed quill above the headset. Mine is a 70mm stem reach