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Old 11-29-04, 08:25 AM
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Istanbul_Tea
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A few thoughts...

1. The Zoom Brahma bars while interesting scare the <crap> outta me with that description... "The Brahma is made of 6061 aluminum alloy, (its temper is unknown), from tubing that would... ". A bar that wide and being made out of aluminum... man oh man, I sure would like to know if it's tempered or not. Fully loaded and going downhill, I wouldn't want to be on the ends of the bar and have them fail. I mention this for a couple reasons-
I have used Scott Bullhorn-like bars made from Alu and they clearly would flex when I was on the outside ends, and that flex scared the *&^% out of me. Second reason- Alu goes when it goes... no warning, and that isn't something I ever want to experience let alone with a handlebar.

2. I truly wish that someone would step up and make a drop bar that was 50+cm's wide. Finally you can get a Nitto Noodle in 48 but I would like to see a 52 or even a 54 for tourers and other folks that primarily ride long distances and for the most part don't use their drops.

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The Fixer mentioned LF-3's. Could you post a pic of those? Thanks
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