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Originally Posted by mconlonx
The North Road bars will bring your grip back and make you sit more upright due to the sweep and rise of the bars, but you have an adjustable stem so you're bound to find a correct position. If you decide to go with the moustache bars, you'll most likely be needing a new stem with a shorter reach--their forward sweep puts most hand positions too far forward compared to a flat-bar/riser setup if you don't swap out the stem at the same time. I'd also suggest the Soma Sparrow bars or the On-One Mary bars--where the North Road bars are more swept back, these maintain an angle at the grips that split the difference between the shallow sweep of riser bars, and the extreme sweep of the North Road bars.
Yes, ALL of my bikes (5) have been changed over to North roads and a kalloy adjustable stem
to allow me to dial in supreme comfort on each bike.

NORTH ROADS BARS & KALLOY STEM ALL THE WAY.
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Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?
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