I liked the Billie Bar on my Charlie, but I started to notice that I was grabbing to the fore grip pretty frequently when I ride.
And so I swapped the handlebar.
I am 168cm tall and ride a 53 Rivendell Charlie H Gallop. I picked up the Nitto MT-10 dirt drop stem. It feels a tiny bit too far, but it’ll do.
I gave up on this bar when I had it on a different bike because it felt way too far for me. To solve that problem, I cheated the brake lever placement. I placed it a bit further to the bar end than it should be.
Now it feels like I can access the brake lever while holding the fore grip on the Billie Bar.
Wentz once told me that I shouldn’t put too much weight on the bar when using a drop bar, so I’m currently trying to get use to that.
I put some wool felt grips on the sweep area for when I want to ride in a relaxed position. It feels way better than nothing! I’m liking this set up.
