j3ffr3y

I would get this instead
https://store.somafab.com/sourpubar.html
similar but much cheaper.

Geordi Laforge

+1 on the rb018s
& use a 25.4 to 26.0 shim or cut up a beer can.

simplestyle

Has anyone ever seen bullhorns that angle IN instead of the sides being parallel? I swear I saw some like this on the street once way back before I was interested enough to look closely. The only ones I can find come on a Dahon folder bike... https://www.dahon.com/us/speedprott.htm

Could you do it yourself with a pipe bender without ruining the bars' integrity?

Is there a bar out there that you could hack up to get this result?

norskagent

The 18s come in silver alloy, or heat treated, which is a grey silver and costs more $. So be sure which you are buying. I have the heat treated 18s on my 1976 fuji track bike and like then for all around urban riding and medium length (~20 mile) road rides. I also have the same brake lever as tigerprawn, they look cool but I found the leverage on the short side was a bit lacking, so I moved it to the "wrong" side of my stem clamp for better access to the long side, and don't really use the short side at all. Here's my set up before I switched the lever over:

rear brake only in this pic, I have since replaced it w/ a kierin front brake.

ZiP0082

is there an advantage to the heat-treated ones? i bought a used, heat-treated RB-018 a few months back, but haven't installed it yet

Zachee

I use the origin8 zero-drop bullhorns. They are a cheaper build, but they also cost me $15.

Mazaev

Does anyone use the RB-009s? They seem to be the most comfortable option from the looks of it.

norskagent

heat treated = harder, stiffer, more hipster points.

Batavus

You can't really tell from the picture but they do angle inwards a few degrees: https://www.outsideoutfitters.com/p-5...-horn-bar.aspx

Very comfy bars!

LupinIII

I also have the origin8 bars (figured i'd try them out since the lbs had them for like 8 dollars). seem like decent bars, I dont know if you could really tell the difference between these and the pricey nittos

that said i have a pair of syntace stratos on order with a bit of drop. they look pretty comfy...

legstwelve

I have been riding with the RB-018's for about a year now. I find them preferable to the 021's because you get the flat section like you do on normal drops for a more casual riding position. heat-treated=less flex also.

StOCK

anyone use the trans x bullhorns? like 22 shipped from bikeisland was thinking about those.

eracer

+1. I love mine.

https://www.syntace.com/imgserver/syn...24_Syntace.jpg

simplestyle

Thanks!

ginsoakedboy

Delta makes the "ErgoBar" that angles inward.

simplestyle

Thanks!

TboneZX11

i agree with the Trans-X -> I love mine. Stiff, light and inexpensive. I did a 50 mile ride Saturday on my fixed & had no hand/shoulder issues...lots of positions to mix it up & plenty of leverage for the occassional trick etc.

spaceballs

This is a little bit of a resurrection, but I thought we could add some more good information here. My wife just got some RB-018s for her bike, and we wanted to try some time trial brake levers rather than cross levers. I read on Ben's Cycle that TT levers won't work for this application, but I don't see why they wouldn't.

Has anyone on here successfully gotten TT levers to work on these bars?

ispeakman

i've never used the 18's but to me they look so much like flop and chops that i can't see paying so much for them.

G60

RB-021's are overrated for street riding.

ditching mine for a normal set of bullhorns with no drop. the drop is far too extreme on 21's.

vec

what about 19s?

evotion

19's and 009's aren't very comfortable compared to the rb-018's, let alone rb-021's.

Redline927

Another happy origin 8 user... basically same thing at a fraction of the cost. With nitto, you are paying for a name (and heavy ass handlebars sometimes)

Nuggetross

Yes, I'm currently using a Cane Creek 200TT brake lever on mine. I read all that stuff, too. I don't know why they say that.

tgscordv6

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