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Seems like a built-in fact of life to me.
Courtesy of a Fit-Kit session, I've got a position that's
really dialed-in for the flats and climbing. I can now
easily clean hills that were hopeless before due to the
front wheel floating too much.
The downside is that when I'm descending, thoughts of
Christopher Reeves keep coming to mind. Seems to me like I'm
definately going in face-first if anything goes wrong up
front - like a wheel washing out.
Moving the bars back an inch makes descents tolerable. Not
wonderful, but not as risky-feeling... Two inches would
probably nail it.
So, the question: Given that there's probably a built-in
conflict between climbing and descending position-wise, are
there any workarounds besides bar ends? My guess would be
that at least some people set their bars back a little and
then use bar ends for climbing to get the position forward
for climbing.
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PeteCresswell
Courtesy of a Fit-Kit session, I've got a position that's
really dialed-in for the flats and climbing. I can now
easily clean hills that were hopeless before due to the
front wheel floating too much.
The downside is that when I'm descending, thoughts of
Christopher Reeves keep coming to mind. Seems to me like I'm
definately going in face-first if anything goes wrong up
front - like a wheel washing out.
Moving the bars back an inch makes descents tolerable. Not
wonderful, but not as risky-feeling... Two inches would
probably nail it.
So, the question: Given that there's probably a built-in
conflict between climbing and descending position-wise, are
there any workarounds besides bar ends? My guess would be
that at least some people set their bars back a little and
then use bar ends for climbing to get the position forward
for climbing.
--
PeteCresswell