Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ottavio Bottecchia

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From: "Howard Darr" <hdarr@localnet.com>
To: "Don Wilson" <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>, "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day - Ottavio Bottecchia
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 08:44:40 -0400
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Snip Dan
>I notice that Bottecchia likes to adjust his drops so
> that the bar ends point down quite abit. Is this a bar
> position that has come and gone? Or do some of the
> list members still like this bar position? I don't see
> anyone in the Tour de France these days tilting their
> bar ends down so much.

For touring I personally set the hoods on the bar a little higher on the curve and from the side I set that section pretty flat. This results in the bottom pointing more down. My reasons are that it puts the hoods in a place that seems very comfortable for my wrists and elbows. It also seems to situate the drops well for pulling up hills.

But this is a personal preference and I'm not sure it is good for others. G. Peterson leaves this position out in his article in one of his catalogs as a standard way of doing things.

Howard Darr
Clymer PA