TalleyHo
Active Member
Rather than hijack current threads on the cockpit arranging of S and V I'd like to address here the fitting of my S2 to this radical body. But first I should explain that my main interest in the CB concept was the full body engagement afforded by the design. Also I have some specific requirements aside from the obvious need to have proper leg extension and freedom from any interference. Those are to have max aero, minimizing any extra wind shadow both at the crank and the hands... to have minimal arm bend, about 15 to 20 degrees and to have a rather closed posture, I believe bikes like the S1 and P-38 climb well in large part to that. So I ordered a 150 mm chainstay extender with the bike but upon doing the frame build it was immediately apparent that the stock bars were not going to cut it.
Here's a poorly light image of the "fit" with the stock drops with the extension
Here there is major interference, hands actually too low and arms well bent. But when I stretched at my arms in a comfortable posture I noticed my hands assumed the same angle upward and inward as the CB bullhorn bars do. I research the CB bullhorn bars size and realized that they, in the larger of the 2 sizes matched the width of my shoulder sockets, about 530 mm. So I ordered the large kit
I was surprised to find brakes came with it and if anyone can enlighten me about the mechanical aspects of these please do. But I'm still focused on getting the all important , to me, fit. Because this the other big unexpected thing. I'm totally struck by the whole forward triangle of this beast; it seems unwieldy and needs to be tamed, all the more reason to have a real handle on taking the beast by the horns and being able to fulfill my whole body biking experience in real comfort. And real comfort we now have
I believe this has the potential to be the most comfortable recumbent yet for me. I didn't expect the arm rest aspect of the horns. The wrist and lower arm actually rest without
gripping at all. My hands are at the exact same level as shoulders, there is adequate leg clearance. Now I should also explain that as far as brifters go, I don't know what I'm missing and am making no sacrifices to have such a superb set up for taming the beast. There may be some fine tuning that I'll find needing once on the road. I have a 100 mm extension available thanks to Bob providing me his spare. But the fit is essentially done and now to get mechanically geared. but first a few more shots of interest.
So now I need some advice. I see my options as follows:
1) go with the stock plan and the internal cable routing and do a Bob Ratz and violate the slider. That would be cool but is thee a performance issue in the tight bends?
2) install Shimano bar ends, do an external routing, avoid the slider issue and get all friction shifting, my preference.
3) Do a Bob Ratz and invent a way to use brifters on these bars or some other such thing
I'm open to suggestions. I have now about 9 more days left before time permits this project to assume number 1 priority. This experience so far has far exceeded my expectations. I can see that taming this MBB is going to be fun and efficient.
Dave
Here's a poorly light image of the "fit" with the stock drops with the extension
Here there is major interference, hands actually too low and arms well bent. But when I stretched at my arms in a comfortable posture I noticed my hands assumed the same angle upward and inward as the CB bullhorn bars do. I research the CB bullhorn bars size and realized that they, in the larger of the 2 sizes matched the width of my shoulder sockets, about 530 mm. So I ordered the large kit
I was surprised to find brakes came with it and if anyone can enlighten me about the mechanical aspects of these please do. But I'm still focused on getting the all important , to me, fit. Because this the other big unexpected thing. I'm totally struck by the whole forward triangle of this beast; it seems unwieldy and needs to be tamed, all the more reason to have a real handle on taking the beast by the horns and being able to fulfill my whole body biking experience in real comfort. And real comfort we now have
I believe this has the potential to be the most comfortable recumbent yet for me. I didn't expect the arm rest aspect of the horns. The wrist and lower arm actually rest without
So now I need some advice. I see my options as follows:
1) go with the stock plan and the internal cable routing and do a Bob Ratz and violate the slider. That would be cool but is thee a performance issue in the tight bends?
2) install Shimano bar ends, do an external routing, avoid the slider issue and get all friction shifting, my preference.
3) Do a Bob Ratz and invent a way to use brifters on these bars or some other such thing
I'm open to suggestions. I have now about 9 more days left before time permits this project to assume number 1 priority. This experience so far has far exceeded my expectations. I can see that taming this MBB is going to be fun and efficient.
Dave
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