Old 01-20-09 | 06:59 AM
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Bikes: 1977 Bridgestone Kabuki Super Speed; 1979 Raleigh Professional; 1983 Raleigh Rapide mixte; 1974 Peugeot UO-8; 1993 Univega Activa Trail; 1972 Raleigh Sports; 1967 Phillips; 1981 Schwinn World Tourist; 1976 Schwinn LeTour mixte; 1964 Western Flyer

Could use some help on the type of handlebar...

OK, so this past Thursday, I picked up a Univega Activa Trail to be my primary commuter. The setup so far is with cantilever brakes and rapid-fire (drop) shifters on a riser bar (horizontally flat).

Now, I don't want to throw drop bars on this bike, as I like the upright ride for a commuter, but my hands start tingling after about 7 miles (I've got a 20 mile RT commute).

I'd like to switch handlebars, and have been seriously looking at getting a set of mustache bars (with road levers and bar end shifters), simply so I can still sit up while having multiple hand positions, but are there any other bars that would help me out as well?

I've looked at multiple bars that are out there that are more "ergo" and swept back, but I don't know if any of them would work well. The others I've noticed are the:

On One Mary
Nashbar Trekking bar
VO Milan
VO Left-Bank
NITTO Dove
NITTO Albatross

I'm seriously considering a cromoly albatross if I don't get the mustache.

As an aside, either way I go (bar-ends or retain the MTB-style shifters), it's getting friction shifters, so changing things isn't a big deal to me.
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