Originally Posted by
tligman
I've had my trekking bars for around a month now, and I'm not 100% sure I like them. My buddy has an adjustable stem he's going to lend me and see if maybe they're just in a bad position and that's making me stretch oddly, since i have a ridiculously large bike (for my ridiculously large me). Mostly what I don't like is that I can't seem to hop up on curbs the way I used to... roll up slow, wheelie the front up, then bunny hop the back up just before it hits. I used to do it twice a day on my commute (before I could handle the hill) and now I fall every time I try it. And I feel a little stretched... I have about 2 more positions to try, not counting the adjustment on the stem, and then I guess I'm going back to flat bars... or maybe bullhorns or inverted drops...
I'm going to have to do the same, my trekking bars have me stretched out too far, so I'm going to get an adjustable stem as well. It will let me both raise them and bring them in a bit, which should solve it, hopefully. They're still more comfortable than flat bars, but I want them to be 100% usable.
Originally Posted by
Timothy
Does anyone know if there are drop bars in MTB diameter?
Just did my first foul weather commute and toke out the MTB (which has fenders). My hands were numb and I was tired after battling a 10 mph headwind with 25 mph gusts on the way home.
If noone makes them I think I might start, seems there is a demand.
The Nashbar ones are the same diameter as MTB bars.