Originally Posted by Eureka
Before I flip my road bars and cut them down I thought I would survey the group and get some thoughts.
I really like the way bull horns look - WK's has the perfect look. But not having ridden with those I wonder about comfort, braking ability (sorry, I am going SS first) and brake lever placement.
With the regular road bar set up I know what I am getting, but don't know what I am missing out on.
Any thoughts?
The ones I got were cheap. I'll give you plus and minus, and let you make your own call:
Plus:
30 bucks at my door with brake handles. (
www.chucksbikes.com)
Allows me to strech out (my preferd posistion).
Somewhat flexible, acts as a shock in many ways.
Minus.
Can be uncomfortable if you don't like to be streched out.
Flexible can be scary at speed, in turns.
Act as skewers if you impact pedestrian.
If I were to do it over again, I might spend more cash and get a better set.
The way to think about if you like it or not: how much time do you spend "in the drops" versus how long you spend "on the hoods". And judge from there.