[Yak] RE: nitto moustache bar

[Bradford Miter]

Thomas Moore in Portugal wrote:

>>Has anybody ever tried putting a nitto moustache bar on their NWT or  
similar model bike? I saw a dahon in my local bike shop fitted out  
with one and it looked quite good. Would it be more comfortable for  
touring than the standard H-bar? I'd like to hear from people who  
have tried out this particular bar or other non-BF bars.<<

I had a Two'sDay with drop road bars fitted out originally with cantilever
brakes that I changed out almost immediately to Tektro V Brakes and the
Dia-Comp V-Brake Levers.  All went well for almost 8 years and by then I had
all my other bikes converted to moustache bars.  Finally my neck was giving
out with road bars and I had Rivendell drop ship a set of moustache bars to
Bike Friday and they split them for me for easier packing.  The setup worked
just fine with the Dia-Comp V-Levers and Tektro V-Brakes.  Hated to have to
sell the rig recently.  I still have 2 bikes with the m-bars and a Bike
Friday metro with the Rivendell Dove bar - similar to the moustache but even
more upright and like the bikes or yore.  

I guess the splitting of the moustache bars could easily be done in
Portugal.  I'm sure Bike Friday could tell you the process.

Regards,

Brad Miter