Originally Posted by djb

I personally dont have experience riding with them, but have been intrigued by the various salsa bars for future use, so have kept mental note of the opinions of the riders here who use them.

if you cannot see some in person in a store, at least check out the salsa webpages for each, as they show them front on and going back and forth from each webpage, you can really see the diff with the models.

I kinda take the decision on what flare to use really depends on how much loose, rough surfaces you will be riding on. The cowbell 2 slight flare appeals to me for mostly road stuff but the slight flare would certainly help with some dirt riding. The comment about having the bars higher up makes sense to me, especially if you would be riding on rougher surfaces a lot anyway, would be easier on the hands a bit and having the drops up higher for more use on rough stuff makes sense to me also.

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