Randonneur Handlebars
02-06-09, 07:46 AM
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not mine, googled and found at
https://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/376...da638a.jpg?v=0
02-06-09, 08:07 AM
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If you are looking for a super wide flared bar, the On One Midge bar is popular with mt bike and touring applications.
02-06-09, 08:15 AM
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I just bought a pair of Ambrosio Volte Campione Del Mondo handle bars. They flair from 43cm at the top to 46 cm at the bottom but do not have the Rando bend at the top.
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02-06-09, 08:19 AM
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Ive got a nice pair of SR World Randonners if anyone wants them. I thought they would be good for my "rollers" bike but Ive decided to use the regular bars I have instead. They are 42cm. PM me if you are interested. See them in the catalog pics below
https://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/sak...og18_%2010.pdf
https://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/sak...og18_%2010.pdf
02-06-09, 05:52 PM
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Hey Robbie, thanks for the picture of your bars. I was really curious how these would look from a variety of angles. I saw another set on a flying scott but there were not many pictures. They seemed interesting enough, the price was decent-ish and they had a 26.4 clamp diameter.
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02-06-09, 06:13 PM
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These are 42cm Nitto Randanneur bars w/ natural cork tape with three coats of shellac:
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02-07-09, 06:33 PM
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Okay, sensitive people do not look:
Found this over in the SS/FG forum in the "Jackass Tarck bike....." thread
Looks to me like a Raleigh Sports with randonneur bars, Dia-Compe brakes and levers, and 700c wheels. Rather strange Frankenbike. I'm not touching his choice of colors or that backwards seatpost.
Found this over in the SS/FG forum in the "Jackass Tarck bike....." thread
Looks to me like a Raleigh Sports with randonneur bars, Dia-Compe brakes and levers, and 700c wheels. Rather strange Frankenbike. I'm not touching his choice of colors or that backwards seatpost.
02-07-09, 08:27 PM
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Oh brother. Which is worse, the bike or the paint on the baseboards.
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It looks like everyone who answered here really loves randonneur bars. Do not count me in that group.
My Raleigh came with a GB randonneur bar. I happened to have an SR World Randonneur bar so I tried it. It didn't work for me.
First, I ride in the drops only infrequently so there was little benefit other than aesthetics. More importantly, I probably spend 80% of my time on the hoods, and I typically brake from the hoods also. I didn't like the way the rando flare positioned my hands. I especially didn't like how the braking motion twisted the wrist down and to the outside. In fact, greater strength would be obtained when the wrist is rotated inward and down as opposed to outward and down.
YMMV, of course.
My Raleigh came with a GB randonneur bar. I happened to have an SR World Randonneur bar so I tried it. It didn't work for me.
First, I ride in the drops only infrequently so there was little benefit other than aesthetics. More importantly, I probably spend 80% of my time on the hoods, and I typically brake from the hoods also. I didn't like the way the rando flare positioned my hands. I especially didn't like how the braking motion twisted the wrist down and to the outside. In fact, greater strength would be obtained when the wrist is rotated inward and down as opposed to outward and down.
YMMV, of course.
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I love them too, I run a randonneur on a '68 roadie that never gets a day off. because my commute it fairly short and twisty I find myself on the tops most of the time, so I had to find a set with a flat top bar to be more comfortable for that, but they really make a difference when I get time for a real ride; 'normal' road bars make your wrists twist outward a little on the drops which can get fairly uncomfortable, the angled drops counter this with a more natural hand/wrist position.
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04-17-14, 01:18 PM
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I've two bikes with Nitto randos. I'm not a big man, but I have wide shoulders. The randos at 45 are a natural fit. My next build will include a wider version of the Nitto noodle; I am looking forward to comparing them. I do recommend the rando bar
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I love the GB Rando bars. I wish there were something similar with cable channels for aero/ergo setups.
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I have a B132 and a B177 (Noodle). I have a hard time deciding what I like more- they're both VERY different bars. The B132 and 135 are measured at the drops, so even a 44 still feels really narrow, because it is measured at the widest portion of the bars because of the flare. I'm thinking I don't really like the slope down from the center on the B177.
BTW this was the Rosetta Stone for bars for me.
If anyone has access to the QBP pictures like these- if they could post the B176 and B115, that would be awesome!!
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Which Nittos?
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One of the two above. I'd have to look at them more to decide between them. I need wide bars, that's why I want Nittos.
I guess I'd have to sand yet another stem. The French ones I have are 25 and 25.4.
I guess I'd have to sand yet another stem. The French ones I have are 25 and 25.4.
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The B132 and B135 are 25.4. The B177 are 26.0. I *think* my B132 bars are 44- but they're about as wide at the hoods as my 40 Belleri bars, which are about as wide as my Cinelli 64-40 bars. The 44 B177 are really much wider.
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04-18-14, 02:46 PM
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I didn't realize that the 132 and 135 are 25.4. That will work for me. I also didn't realize that you can't get them in wider sizes. That won't.
I guess the Noodle in wider sizes is closest to what I want, but it means I can't use a vintage stem because of the 26mm clamp size. They're heat treated and that seems like a good idea for a wide bar, but it really jacks up the price.
I guess the Noodle in wider sizes is closest to what I want, but it means I can't use a vintage stem because of the 26mm clamp size. They're heat treated and that seems like a good idea for a wide bar, but it really jacks up the price.
04-18-14, 02:48 PM
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For a drop bar bicycle, I like a rando bar and Nitto noodle though, admittedly, of the bars I've ridden to date there's only one that I didn't like which was the one that came on my 1967 Carlton. The drop on that bar was far too deep for me, not that I ride the drops very often...