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Old 08-16-10 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by KD5NRH
I'd like to use the 7100 for some overnighters; there's a state park about 50 miles out by mostly backroads that makes for a nice, quiet and cheap camping spot. A few of the roads are poorly maintained enough to be marginal-to-dangerous for anything but a hybrid, (or maybe a tough cyclocross bike) and avoiding those would add 20-30 miles plus a couple of huge climbs. The main thing I'd have trouble with is the riser bars only offering one hand position for that long.

I'm curious what other people have done with similar bars. I'm not sure drop ends would be in the right place due to the angle of the bars, so I could use some input as to what does work with these. I'd rather not have to change the stem, etc, to put flat or drop bars on it, since the stock risers are great for my regular commute and in-town riding.
My wife's bike


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My Moots YBB/off-road touring bike


My wife's bike has flat bars but all of my mountain bikes have risers. It's generally a faux pas in the mountain biking world to run barends on risers but that's just fashion

You can run them without problems and it'll help your hands.
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