Originally Posted by
mic2377
Get over your hipster tendencies, and throw some road bars on. My Pista has Ritchey WCS 44 cm bars, and Cane Creek levers. It's the "cat's meow" for long rides!
Good road bars are just as stiff as those track bars. Also, have you bothered to consider how monstrously heavy stock pista bars are? They must be made of plumbing pipe!!!!
I am not cool, but I am comfortable, and therefore faster. Acceptable tradeoff...
Cheers~
Maybe he hasn't changed his bars because he doesn't want to spend the money on them?
Maybe he doesn't care about weight?
The first thing that ever comes out of anyone's mouth here is "hipster this" or "hipster that". Not everyone that rides fixed is a hipster.
(Maybe you should get over your spandex roadie tendencies and stop giving a **** about weight?! See, I can do it, too.)