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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

What component change makes the most dramatic difference?

For me, changing handlebars on a bike changes the bike's character more than anything, because it affects rider position so dramatically. My Super Course came to me with drop handlebars. I've had all-rounder (slightly bent upright) bars, forward bending bars, north road bars on it. For a while, I flipped the north roads upside down, but I didn't like that. Currently, it has all-rounders with bar ends added.

I can't find a picture of the bike with the drop bars.

It currently has these all-rounders.



But as I said, it has bar-ends on it now.



Before that, it had these weird so-called Ergo bars.



And before those, it had these aluminum north roads, which I regret I installed on a bike I sold.

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