Originally Posted by ephemeron
My bad-weather commuter/shopping bike/beater has drop bars that are just a little too low and just a little too close with the current stem at maximum extension. I could keep the same bars and get a new stem, but moustache bars intrigue me, and Nashbar is currently selling theirs for only $15.
Right now, I ride on the hoods about half the time and the tops on the other half. What would switching from drop bars to moustache bars, but not changing anything else, do?
probably give you a sore neck. grant petersen (rivenedell) says a stem shorter by about 2.5cm is preferable when swapping from drop to moustache.
i believe the nashbar moustache bars are steel too, if that matters to you.
erader