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sandra
10-12-2007, 04:47 PM
for my new mixte:

Niitto Moustache bar or Nitto Albatross bar

Comments welcome!
sassyc
10-12-2007, 04:56 PM
I love the Albatross because they have a little more rise than the Moustache... and may be getting them for my new fixie (or possibly the Soma Noah's Arc, I can't decide).
sgtiger
10-12-2007, 06:41 PM
My vote is for the Albatross bars, but purely for aesthetical reasons. Plus I think your basket will fit on them better.

Albatross:
sgtiger
10-12-2007, 06:47 PM
And because I have no idea how to do more that one attachment per post:

Mustache (http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2007/cc266-richdeandrea0307.html)

Darn it! The picture is too big to upload, so I had to link the url instead. :(
BleeckerSt_Girl
10-13-2007, 02:07 AM
Another vote for Albatross. I've read a few cyclists' accounts of how they switched from moustache to alb. and loved the better comfort level.
My DH had straight bars on his old Trek hybrid (like what you have on Lotus Blossom) and he switched them to albatross and LOVED it. They look elegant too.
Tri Girl
10-13-2007, 05:13 AM
Thanks sgtiger for posting pics. I had no idea what either one looked like.

I vote for the albatross!
sandra
10-13-2007, 10:23 AM
Help again.

I was all ready to order the Albatross bars and the Nitto Technomic Stem. Trying to decide how long of a stem to get.

For some reason I decided to take my bike into the bike shop first, just to see what they had. They didn't have a thing I was interested in, but measured my stem and :eek: my stem is a 22.2 mm diameter stem!!!!

The Nitto Technomic Stems only come in 25.4 and 26.0.

We looked in a catalog at the bike shope and 22.2 is an odd size. There's not much selection.

So, what do I do?
rij73
10-13-2007, 10:35 AM
I'm confused... If you are getting new handlebars anyway, then why does your current stem measurement matter? The stem has to match the handlebars, no?
sandra
10-13-2007, 10:42 AM
Apparently I'm the one that is confused! There were only two young girls working today and they must know as much as I do.

The 22.2 is the size where it goes into the steerer tube. Is that standard? The girl at the bike shop seemed to think that mine was an unusual size.
rij73
10-13-2007, 10:45 AM
22.2 just means you have a 1" steerer which is standard. The Technomic will fit that. The 25.4 or 26.0 refers to the handlebar clamp. Just make sure that matches the handlebar you are buying. :p
sandra
10-13-2007, 10:48 AM
Ok, and if I buy the Albatross bar at Rivendell which one fits it?

I'm sorry I am so dumb! ;) I really AM learning a lot.
rij73
10-13-2007, 10:49 AM
You're not dumb at all!!! I knew nothing about this stuff 6 months ago!

The Nitto Albatross bar at Rivendell is a 25.4
sandra
10-13-2007, 10:56 AM
25.4...which means that I then get to select 9 or 10 cm length. Any suggestions?
BleeckerSt_Girl
10-13-2007, 10:58 AM
Sandra- you need to know whether your bike takes a threaded or a threadless stem before you order stuff. I think DebW can help you with how to figure it out- PM her first!
rij73
10-13-2007, 11:02 AM
I think it's pretty obviously a threaded quill stem...

9 or 10 is a matter of comfort. That is the measurement from the center of the steerer tube to the center of the handlebars. With albatross bars, it's not such a critical thing since they are very forgiving...
sandra
10-13-2007, 11:03 AM
hummm. I put these handlebars on when it got here. I saw them and know what they look like, but I have no idea what they are. :D