Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - What can you tell me about these bars?

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04-19-08, 12:01 AM
http://www.somafab.com/bar_soma_eltoro.jpgSOMA el toro pursuit bar



Do you have them? Like them? Pictures of them on your bike? longer or shorter than nitto rb-21 or whatever??thanks

okay
04-19-08, 12:07 AM
they look pretty dope, but also look just like cruiser bars turned upside down.
TheScientist
04-19-08, 12:11 AM
willing to bet they are made in china of cheap ass material.. but how often do people break bars?

frankstoneline
04-19-08, 12:23 AM
Arent soma's bars modeled off of nitto bars? I would say they are similar to RB-021's but made out of a less expensive materials. They look like decent deep (ish) drop horns.
garagegirl
04-19-08, 12:59 AM
What's the clamp size on those?
relyt
04-19-08, 01:08 AM
That looks like a heck of a lot of drop.
sandwiches
04-19-08, 05:03 AM
I, too, think those are some deep as heck drops for bullhorns. Doesn't make them any less sexy, though.
deathhare
04-19-08, 08:11 AM
Those look huge.
zelah
04-19-08, 08:23 AM
they appear to be made of some kind of metal


Those look huge.
isn't everything soma does kind of awkwardly oversized?
peugotpigeon
04-19-08, 12:00 PM
they look almost exactly like rb 021s
how much are those?
thatonedude
04-19-08, 01:12 PM
43 i believe
trons
04-19-08, 01:38 PM
steel? for $44??? you must be crazy. you can get rb021s for $30 (http://www.teamcyclist.com/store/Nitto-Handlebars-Track-RB-021-Bullhorn-ID_P15676.com) .. even ben's has them for 36. who are they kidding?
AndersMN
04-19-08, 04:02 PM
is the drop on bullhorns comfortable?
TurntheScrew
04-19-08, 04:18 PM
i can tell you that they come in 380mm, and that nittos can be hard to find that narrow. most are 400/420mm.
Terror_in_pink
04-19-08, 04:36 PM
ugly
m4bandit
04-19-08, 05:07 PM
ugly

+1
bonechilling
04-20-08, 05:25 PM
Doesn't Soma seem to be out-of-touch with the cycling world, is some way? All their products are like two beats off.
NitroPye
04-20-08, 05:52 PM
Doesn't Soma seem to be out-of-touch with the cycling world, is some way? All their products are like two beats off.

+1 The Soma doublecross would make a great alternative to the Surly Crosscheck except for a "do it all frame" it is missing horizontal dropouts.
cheeva
04-20-08, 06:07 PM
theyre silver
hudsong
04-20-08, 06:29 PM
is the drop on bullhorns comfortable?

I have Nitto 21s and I love them, the drop is wonderful.