Originally Posted by
deadcactus
Kind of a stupid question: The bars I posted, when they are installed which way do those handles point? Forward, like horns on a bull, or back at the rider?
Edit: And to follow with a stupid question, am I correct in assuming these bars are taped, rather than having hand grips? Anything I should know about buying and putting on tape?
They sweep back. You can flip them either way though, so they drop or rise, depending on your preference.
You could do them either taped or with grips. The tape is nice because you can move your hands around on the bars, but those bars are too small to offer many positions unless you have small hands. If you tape, get really thick tape because they are slimmer tubes than road bike bars. On my bike, I wrapped a double layer around the ends, where grips would be.