Road Cycling - Anyone ride with a straight handlebar?

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Mr. Stacey
06-26-04, 02:14 PM
My friend rides on a steal Ciocc frame and uses a straight handlebar. I think he's the only guy in the city riding a straight handlebar road bike.



http://www.mrstacey.com/tdc2k4/film/0031_std.jpg

royalflash
06-26-04, 04:49 PM
thatīs Dr Green from ER!
bandaidman
06-26-04, 10:30 PM
i had one...but switched after 6 months

it puts you in a much more upright position and that was much more comfortable for me when i first started biking again

however...with long rides...which was anything over 30miles for me...it put more pressure on my low back and was uncomfortable

i am much happier with traditional drop bars now

CarlJStoneham
06-27-04, 08:30 AM
He could slap some bar ends on and a cheaper aero bar and have an impromptu TT bike :)
oldspark
06-27-04, 09:10 AM
I've got the old Scott MB aero bars on my MB and love them, I have often wondered how they would work on my road bike. Seems to me the Scott bars would be the ticket for his use, I'm not even sure if these bars are made anymore.
adamant
05-18-11, 09:03 PM
i was thinking about doing it to my road bike.. this is a thread from 04.. any thoughts on this?
crumbs357
05-18-11, 10:12 PM
Go ahead, plenty of the urban hipster fixie type riders here in the city do it...
jeffpoulin
05-18-11, 10:56 PM
Last week on my commute home, I saw a girl riding a Pinarello Prince with flat bars. I have nothing against flat bar bikes, but that seemed like blasphemy.
StevenSTL
05-18-11, 11:34 PM
Last week on my commute home, I saw a girl riding a Pinarello Prince with flat bars. I have nothing against flat bar bikes, but that seemed like blasphemy.

That is blasphemy.
Phantoj
05-19-11, 09:43 AM
Last week on my commute home, I saw a girl riding a Pinarello Prince with flat bars. I have nothing against flat bar bikes, but that seemed like blasphemy.

Are you sure it was a Prince?

http://lakeside-bikes.com/merchant/240/images/large/TrevisoinPinkcolor.jpg

http://lakeside-bikes.com/product/pinarello-treviso-42239-1.htm
Trailblazer3
05-19-11, 10:01 AM
Last week on my commute home, I saw a girl riding a Pinarello Prince with flat bars. I have nothing against flat bar bikes, but that seemed like blasphemy.

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit after reading that...
mpath
05-19-11, 11:43 AM
i was thinking about doing it to my road bike.. this is a thread from 04.. any thoughts on this?
Yeah...you raised a seven year old thread?