Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Who makes drop bars with the shortest reach?

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Sincitycycler
02-17-07, 03:28 PM
Looking for some short reach/deep drop handlebars.

Would like some 44cm c-c but hard to find in a pista bar.

Help?:o

garagegirl
02-17-07, 03:34 PM
salsa poco is short reach but not deep drop
cosmo starr
02-17-07, 03:35 PM
it never occurred to me how i might like short reach drops....good idea


:)

Retem
02-17-07, 04:19 PM
soma major taylors nitto b127 -
Surferbruce
02-17-07, 04:32 PM
nitto 115's are pretty short and shallow too. it can be hard to find reach and drop measurements for a lot of bars. i think easton and ritchey both make shorter reach options.
the salsa pocos are probably the shortest, my wife has 38's on a bike and they look like almost fake, like a scale model of normal drops.
garagegirl
02-17-07, 08:43 PM
Surferbruce- How tall is your wife? I'm debating between the pocos and the salsa short n' shallows for my cross bike, but I'm wondering if the pocos will be too small.
exfreewheeler
02-17-07, 11:11 PM
midge bars?
Retem
02-18-07, 01:08 AM
deep drop short reach
Surferbruce
02-18-07, 07:25 AM
Surferbruce- How tall is your wife? I'm debating between the pocos and the salsa short n' shallows for my cross bike, but I'm wondering if the pocos will be too small.
she's about 5'1". later today i can take a pic of them if you want to see what they look like set up.
CF4L
02-18-07, 07:48 AM
You could commission a pair of these to be made... although I believe these were actually vintage.

http://jonnycycles.com/images/0041%20049.jpg
Retem
02-18-07, 01:09 PM
oh snap that reminds me you could always chop the soma bonzo bars too
E !
02-18-07, 06:31 PM
I use the salsa short & shallows. Good bars imo.
MrCjolsen
02-18-07, 08:59 PM
I just got these (http://cgi.ebay.com/CINELLI-OEM-HANDLEBARS_W0QQitemZ110092942845QQihZ001QQcategoryZ27951QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). They're pretty short. And cheap.
Sincitycycler
02-23-07, 02:03 AM
I just got these (http://cgi.ebay.com/CINELLI-OEM-HANDLEBARS_W0QQitemZ110092942845QQihZ001QQcategoryZ27951QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). They're pretty short. And cheap.

Yeah, but they have that gay ergo bend.:rolleyes:
deathhare
02-23-07, 02:47 AM
Yeah, but they have that gay ergo bend.:rolleyes:

..and are wide as a truck.
jim-bob
02-23-07, 12:14 PM
..and are wide as a truck.

Wide bars are where it's at. Who wants to be constricted by some silly-ass 350mm track bars?
dutret
02-23-07, 12:31 PM
people who care more about form then function.. about half this board for instance.
mattface
02-23-07, 12:33 PM
Wide bars are where it's at. Who wants to be constricted by some silly-ass 35mm track bars?

Some people like hunched shoulders and constricted lung capacity. It looks SEXY. narrow bars are the new corset baby!
46x17
02-23-07, 01:29 PM
Wide bars are where it's at. Who wants to be constricted by some silly-ass 350mm track bars?

YES! PREACH IT!

that silly narrow bar crap needs to end!
Retem
02-23-07, 04:13 PM
Wide bars are where it's at. Who wants to be constricted by some silly-ass 350mm track bars?

yeah not between deliver trucks
jim-bob
02-23-07, 04:18 PM
Sure, so you cut your bars down nice and narrow, squeeze between trucks, and then next thing you know your bag's caught on some *******'s massive side mirror or you're shoulder-checking cars.

I don't see the improvement.
Retem
02-23-07, 05:00 PM
narrow as I go is 38 most of my other bikes have between 42 and 45 on em anything wider makes my wrists hurt