Thread: Mustache bars
View Single Post
Old 02-07-19 | 03:42 PM
  #16  
noglider's Avatar
noglider
aka Tom Reingold
Titanium Club Membership
15 Anniversary
Community Builder
Community Influencer
 
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,139
Likes: 6,365
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

My thoughts are the same as [MENTION=114373]northbend[/MENTION]'s. Maybe because I also have skinny and weak arms. My commuter bike has mustache bars. I used a tall and short-extension stem. The bars allow me to vary the reach of my position but not the height, and that's good. I rarely use the drops of drop bars. But yes, there really aren't that many positions. They look like they would have as many as drops, but they don't. Some claim they can grab the hoods in the same way as on drops, but I can't figure that out.

__________________
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author

Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
noglider is offline  
Reply