nealhe wrote:
Hello jens and All, Thanks for posting your information .... I have MorfTech bars sitting here beside me and have not had time for installation yet.
I was not considering a mantis mount but now I am since all I have to do is rotate them on the stem .... did you try them in a 15 degree position first?
What stem did you use?
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Wow thanks Neal. I've always wanted one of those skewers but never got around to ordering.
I'm using a cheap adjustable stem right now. But that brings up an interesting point. I was actually hoping for a slightly larger aero gain with the Morf bar. On a related note, I was expecting much better performance from the USE Tula bar over the R1 bar (the R1 bar is actually faster for me, even though the Tula bar is 2cm narrower).
I think the reason is that the Morf Bar and the Tula bar both have elbow pads roughly at the level of the top of the stem. So in both cases, I have over two inches of big fat spacers under the stem to get to the right height. I think you can see that in the photo.
With the R1 bar, I don't need any headset spacers at all; I achieve the correct pad height with the two adjustable stacks, which are very slender and aerodynamically shaped. So either aero headset spacers or some other method to raise the Morf elbow pads might produce some improvement.
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