Hi DirkB, The freed handle bar is actually quite a comfortable place to rest my lazy hands/arms (right below my shoulders), and not doing much..:..:..(: Vi >________________________________ >From: Dirk Bonné <dirk.bonne@xxxxxxx> >To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:46 PM >Subject: [python] Re: do handlebars improve security? > > > Hi Vi, > >might be because you mounted it a very awkward place. I understand why you did it, but I think it is just not ergonomically correct to mount the handlebars behind your back! :-D > >Dirk > >On 25.07.2011 21:15, Vi Vuong wrote: >Hi Marek, >> >> >>I am using a handle bar temporarily to mount the brake lever and shifter >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdIR8jIdR5g, and find that it's counter >>intuitive like RayS had mentioned. There is more security in braking, so >>it's more important to have good handle on the brake level somehow... >> >> >>Vi >> >> >>------- >> >> >>http://www.rjs.org/gallery/python_2.jpg >>it is absolutely unridable; the arm and hip forces are exactly opposite. >>In retrospect, I thought that a linked bar (opposite steerer) might therefore >>be useable, but changing the pivot angle to 65 made all the difference. >> >>Ray >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>>From: "bnmm@xxxxxxx" <bnmm@xxxxxxx> >>>To: python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:56 AM >>>Subject: [python] do handlebars improve security? >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>> >>>IIRC handlebars don't help learning to ride a python, but do they >>>improve security be giving more control in case of an accident? >>> >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Marek >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Marek Möhling >>>Naunynstr. 82 >>>10997 Berlin >>>Germany >>>Tel: +49 30 347 676 95 >>>Fax: +49 30 484 988 218 >>>============================================================ >>> >>>This is the Python Mailinglist >>> >>>//www.freelists.org/list/python >>> >>>Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx >>> >>>To unsubscribe send an empty mail to >>>python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. >>> >>>============================================================ >>> >>> >>> >>> >============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/python Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. ============================================================ > >