Originally Posted by
clasher
Actually, the bar is a two-piece unit that comes apart in the centre... held together by a bolt and nut IIRC. I've stripped a few of those road bikes at the co-op and save the bars. They're heavy but I ran my 5 speed hub and grip-shift on a set of those bars for a while, but I rarely ride on the tops of the bars so I wasn't too keen on it. Unfortunately I donated it back to the co-op but it's a crappy tire favourite so they are out there in numbers.
I went by Crappy Tire yesterday to have a closer look at the bars on that thing, and they had none in stock, but one of my neighbors in my condo apparently has one, because I saw it parked in our garage.
It's a real dilemma - I'm starting to quite like the grip shifter, just don't like the look/placement. Those bars would work, but they look pretty awful. Also, putting the grip shifter up by the stem would rule out adding crosstop levers, which is something I think I should be doing at some point in the near future.
I think I'll stick with what I've got until I'm in the mood to upgrade to the (W) hub, and switch to a barcon shifter at that time.