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Old 08-31-12, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MTBMaven
If you want to go even more avant garde bars look at the On One Midge.

I have been using these bars for years and love them. Lots of hand positions and most importantly the bars keep wrists in a more neutral position. I get lots of strange looks from people and comments on rides. 'Wow look at those bars, those are different.'
I've got a couple of carbon fiber bars I've been trying to get rid of that are built like this, though not as exaggerated of an outward sweep. I think it was a way to save money on the amount of carbon fiber tubing required to make the bars. The center-to-center measurement was 44cm, as advertised, but I don't usually keep my hands in the drops; I keep them near the top of the brake hoods, and the centerline measurement from the hoods was more like 41cm. So when you're out of the saddle climbing, with your hands pulling on the hoods, you've lost 1.5cm of leverage on each side of the bars. But they have a nice retro look about them.

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