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From: Allen, TX

Bikes: Kirk Frameworks JKS-C, Serotta Nova, Gazelle AB-Frame, Fuji Team Issue, Surly Straggler

Help me oh wise C&V guys... handlebar decision

I have found myself in between a rock and a hard place that I didn't quite expect. I'm currently looking at replacing the handlebars on the Gazelle. I currently have a cheap (very flexy) Modolo 6-bend Anatomic bar. The only real advantage to this bar is that a) it's silver and b) it's got the double cable grooves for the Campy Egro I will be installing in a few months.

Here's my problem: FINDING ANY OTHER SILVER HANDLEBARS! Well, ones with double grooves and a traditional bend that is. Deda did make one, but apparently is no longer listed in the QBP catalog nor can i find on any other shop anywhere. I can't find anything that matches my desires in a handlebar exactly. And it's even hard to find any bar in silver with dual cable grooves.

So here are my options:

1) Hope and pray that something pops up on ebay in the next few months and keep the Modolos for now

2) Hope and pray that a fellow BF member may have a clean bar that fits the bill (42 c-t-c)

3) Go with the Deda 215 bar, in a shallow or deep drop... in BLACK.

4) Go with the Deda 215 bar, in a shallow or deep drop... in black, but remove the anodizing and somehow polish the bare aluminum and protect that finish.

5) Be delivered from this dilemma by being pointed to or finding another bar that fits the bill floating out there somewhere.
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