For like three years, I have been working on an Oma-style city bike for my wife, building it up in pieces. If I had known what I was going to go through to get the details I wanted, I would have just spent the $1,000 up front to buy a new Batavus or whatever. But now, sunk cost mentality has taken over, and I've got to finish it, even if I have to re-mortgage the house.

Read this thread with interest, because I could never find what I was looking for: a bar with LOTS of rise, LOTS of reach, and parallel-ish grips (i.e., could have done apehanders for the bolt-upright riding position, but it's not the aesthetic I was looking for.

Tried North Roads (not NEARLY enough reach), then a bar from memory lane classics that looked promising, but turned out to be identical to a Wald bar I already had in the bar bin (good overall shape, but not enough reach):



Why can't you just buy the standard Dutch Oma/Opa handelbars anywhere in this country?!

Well, I think I finally found what I was looking for, the Workcycles handlebar, now available from the Dutch Bike Company ( http://www.dutchbikeseattle.com/_pro...cles_Handlebar ):



Expensive, but exactly right. I hope.