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Old 12-16-10, 09:37 AM
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"... the appropriate "bum bar" position. . ."

(LOL)

In Portland people refer to "transients/homeless people," whereas in New York (my former home) they say, "I just saw some crackhead on your bike!"

"Speaking of politically incorrect language, some people refer to inverted road drops as "bum bars," and a reader has recently informed me that (in what as far as I know is a first in the bicycle industry) one manufacturer called Bohemia Cycles is now offering this cockpit configuration "stock:"



While this setup may seem ill-advised, you can rest assured that Bohemian Cycles has indeed given them long and careful thought:



Handlebars, stems, seat posts and other components receive the same attention to detail.

Yes, thanks to this painstaking attention to detail, you now buy a brand-new bicycle equipped with what Portlanders and others call "transients/homeless people bars."

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