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Old 11-07-21 | 01:44 AM
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Almost seems like bad luck to follow up on this thread given the photographic evidence presented.

Everyone should check out this website:

https://whatbars.com/

It allows you to compare handlebars in a graphic way, and find out about what is available out there.

My most altbars on bikes are the Soma Eagle and the On One Midge.

I commute daily on the Soma Eagle, and it's great. But I wouldn't use it on anything else. It's chrome steel and heavy. The ride is a 30 minute hustle, mostly flat.

​​​​​​The Midge is a dirt drop bar. The grip on the drops is 10mm too short, but can be tolerated. If Shimano barcons are used, the length makes perfect sense.

As far as real single track a flatter bar is where it's at for me. On one of the single speeds I have an Answer 20/20 bar which features a 20° backsweep. That's enough to qualify as Alt. These are good for single track.

More sweep than 25°, like the Eagle bar, gets into dodgy territory for hard core trails to me.

Once broke a handlebar when I was a teenager way back when sprinting from a dead stop. The brake and shift cables still worked and I held on to it, lest the bar flop into the front wheel. It was a close one.
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