Originally Posted by
3speedslow
Would love to see some shots of your Voyageur. I might do the same with my 88 V if I decide to go with Barcons instead of shifters. Thankfully the braze ones are standard.
Absolutely! I'll post up some pictures when I drag it back out from the basement. Truthfully, I'm not sure where this bike will fit in with my riding. Frankly it rides like a truck and is rather harsh over rough stuff. I suppose that, like a pick up truck, its natural element is hauling stuff and it probably handles that admirably. Unfortunately I don't do a lot of loaded touring, although I'd like to change that someday. This bar swap experiment was to see how much I'd like riding it for shorter lightweight trips. We're heading up to Yellow Springs Ohio (around 70ish miles) for Memorial Day weekend so that will be a good test. I plan to wrap the bends with the bar tape I had on the drops for an extra hand position. If I end up not liking this setup, I think the bars will end up on my daily commuter and I'll switch back to the drops.
Here's an action shot from the shakedown ride though.