I actually think these look like pretty useful bars. I've made something
similar with flipped On One Marys with bar ends mounted at the forward
curves. Useful and comfortable.
I'm happy to see that bar makers are taking advantage of removable face
plate stems. These, Jones bars, H bars, etc... all
Those are officially weird bars. My buddy has Salsa woodchippers on his
tandem, and loves them. For his wife in the rear, he has Modolo dumbos -
and she gets her own mirror and bell, which I think she rings at him. But
the Cannondale tandem was actually for his very tall previous wife and,
Didn't like the look of them, but not sure they are really worse than most
trekking bars. Actually, they remind me of my old mountain bikes where I'd
install a set of Moots "road handles" near the stem. Similar concept
except Moods used a big wooden ball on the end.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On F
If you add an aero bar (preferably pointed straight up) that will complete
the package. Oh, and wing mirrors.
Actually, it does look practical, but man, I am impressed and surprised by
the continual and ongoing attempt to make something better than the drop
bar in its many forms.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2
They look interesting, but they can only be mounted on a pop top type stem,
which will limit their market I would think. I really wish Nitto made a
pop top stem, I have a cheapie on my MB2 and it makes life a lot easier.
And no Garth, I don't want to use some adaptor, used them in the past and
the
I know there are some serious fans of upright bars here. Saw today's VO
blog entry and thought you might be interested in this weird prototype
they're currently working on:
http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2013/06/new-handlebars-keeping-it-weird.html
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