Originally Posted by Dirtdrop

I was thinking along the same lines when I built my Bridgestone. I wanted to build a poor man's Atlantis. I need to change the bars for long distance comfort, but those are alloy Nitto/Ritchie bullmoose bars and I hate to give them up. You're right about sizing up. It fits me like a road bike with a high bottom bracket. I tried a mountain bike that was sized for off road use and it was not comfortable on the road. My only complaint is that there are no bosses or eyelets for mounting a front rack.



I've been looking at trekking bars, but I don't understand how to set them up.