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Old 04-15-17 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by dabac
Why do you mention bullhorns?
I wrote "DROP bar ends".

All your functional requirements are there.
Maybe a little loss of aesthetics.
Still looks like a decent compromise to me.
Sorry, I missed the drop bar part. Saw those while looking for 22.2 drop bars, I'll ask her, but you are quite correct about aesthetics...
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