Originally Posted by
Regulatori
Any idea what brought on the wide riser/mountain type bar deal to fixed gear riders? I've been watching a few of the older videos (and other random fixed gear/city riding vids) and it seems there is a huge range of different bar styles...bulls, drops, straight bars, etc..
Looking at the new Mash video, 90% of the riders have Boss Hogg bullhorn hood ornament handlebars...any idea where this trend came from? (even cyclecross still use drops)
Seems a bit odd to use wider bars on a city bike when having to maneuver through traffic/tight spots.
I do get a kick out of the stem hold though...it's like buying an extra large steering wheel for your car but holding around the center hub.
A lotta dirt riding in that teaser, wide bars better for that. I didn't see any superwide bars in there, maybe 26"
Hardly any more messenger gigs, so no one rides messenger setups anymore?
Playing in traffic is played out?
OG MTBers were rollin' super wide MC bars. Then by the early '90s MTB bros all went super narrow 20" bars, I think mainly for weight weenieing, but claimed that wide bars sucked cuz you'd clip a tree with them and die. Now the pendulum is on wide bars again.