I do the test from the hooks.
Chuck Hoefer
Vista, California USA
> It's surely too simple to cover a broad range of cases but I've found
> that even though I have never used it as a guide, when I've got my
> bikes set up just the way I prefer, it happens that it perfectly
> describes where my bar ends up. So if it isn't universal- which it
> can't realistically be- it certainly works for me.
>
> I'd forgot about that "rule" and hadn't heard it in decades.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham, Washington
> USA
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Bill Gibson <bill.bgibson@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Tops of the bars. But, some say the rule has no universal basis in a good
>> fit. The research published in Bicycle Quarterly the past few years sheds
>> light on the matter for me. Depends on whether the bike is designed to
>> race,
>> or carry a load in the rear or the front. But it worked really well on my
>> early 70's Falcon, branded an Eddy Merkyx 531 db bike, which I used for
>> everything. It had a GB stem and handlebars with the engraved outline of
>> the
>> UK near the stem...and eyelets on the back dropouts, so it wasn't just
>> for
>> racing. And, it was orange.
>>
>> Bill Gibson, Tempe, Arizona, USA, thinking about a ride...