Originally Posted by Yen
Between my husband and I, we have wrist (prosthetic carpal implant) and shoulder (titanium implant) issues and we are shopping for our first (in many years) bike. Being total newbies to all this bike lingo, what is a "20 or 25 degree sweep"?
Thanks much,
Yen (aka Jen)
Earlier today, I wrote about some frustration about how the pics and catalog descriptions of the various and sundry handlebars are presented. It's hard to actually visualize alot of what is being sold to us. here are a couple sketches that might help because they show the angles in terms of "sweep". Be aware that these are only representations of the roughest sort, and only compare the angles in a very loose sense. but, hopefully, you'll get the general idea. The actual numbers are probably quite different, but this is how the various bars look in comparison to each other.
Mary, or All-Rounders vs. North Road
http://i18.tinypic.com/2cg22l0.jpg
North Road vs. Albatross vs. Priest (which are basically identical to Promenade)
http://i17.tinypic.com/42xo9r5.jpg