Bullhorn bars on a road bike
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Bullhorn bars on a road bike
So I have an attraction to the bullhorn bars, mostly for comfort and since I usually have an aggressive riding position, the lower part of my drop bars never get used. I'm told to just use the hood part of the brake/shifter but it's not the same. I have bar ends on my mountain bike and use them most of the times on straight long trails.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
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Mine was a single tube bullhorn aerobar combination , reverse levers i open bar ends, 2 friction levers on the front of the aero Bars
Zipper Thriller fairing on the front , bars set up High and close behind the fairing.. Opposite of an Aggro posture.
This was my Commuting 12ish miles between towns set up on my light touring bike 26 years ago.. arm elbow pads let me take the pressure off my hands
I had a modified Musette bag behind the fairing and my cassette tape player went in it to play recorded Book readings as I rode. ear Buds for the sound.
Anyhow ...
Guys like you seem to be in the crosshairs of the marketing/designers at Shimano.. https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/...try-again.html
Zipper Thriller fairing on the front , bars set up High and close behind the fairing.. Opposite of an Aggro posture.
This was my Commuting 12ish miles between towns set up on my light touring bike 26 years ago.. arm elbow pads let me take the pressure off my hands
I had a modified Musette bag behind the fairing and my cassette tape player went in it to play recorded Book readings as I rode. ear Buds for the sound.
Anyhow ...
Guys like you seem to be in the crosshairs of the marketing/designers at Shimano.. https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/...try-again.html
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So I have an attraction to the bullhorn bars, mostly for comfort and since I usually have an aggressive riding position, the lower part of my drop bars never get used. I'm told to just use the hood part of the brake/shifter but it's not the same. I have bar ends on my mountain bike and use them most of the times on straight long trails.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
Aggressive riding position yet you don't use the drops...confused.
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check out:
www.youtube.com/user/2wagondragon
especially the section under "bike rides". Dave also has a youtube on how he cut down (chop & flop) a standard drop bar to make his present bars.
www.youtube.com/user/2wagondragon
especially the section under "bike rides". Dave also has a youtube on how he cut down (chop & flop) a standard drop bar to make his present bars.
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So I have an attraction to the bullhorn bars, mostly for comfort and since I usually have an aggressive riding position, the lower part of my drop bars never get used. I'm told to just use the hood part of the brake/shifter but it's not the same. I have bar ends on my mountain bike and use them most of the times on straight long trails.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons.
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Anyone using these on their road bikes? Would love to hear pros and cons
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This. Bullhorn bars began as "flop & chop" drop bars for a special purpose, time trials, where multiple hand positions could be sacrificed to provide an exclusively aerodynamic riding position. Seeing them on the road for general purpose riding is incongruous.
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How tall are you; what size bike? Is the saddle currently level with the tops of the bars, or is the saddle much higher?
I do not because they are not made for road bikes. The majority of people that have them put them on for looks more than anything else; they are an urban hipster fashion statement.
I do not because they are not made for road bikes. The majority of people that have them put them on for looks more than anything else; they are an urban hipster fashion statement.
I do have a drop bar bike, but I find the bullhorns on two of my bikes to be more comfortable on longer rides. Your mileage may vary of course.
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Check this out:
Nashbar Bullbar Handlebar
Perhaps you can use this as a trail bar to solve break and shifter problems
Nashbar Bullbar Handlebar
Perhaps you can use this as a trail bar to solve break and shifter problems
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Judging by the number of people I see on drop bar bikes where they either never bother to use the drop positions or can't because they're tilted up too much, I don't have strong feelings on people who would ride bullhorns exclusively.
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When should I put bullhorn bars on my bike?
1) I ride pursuit on the track.
2) I am an urban hipster that fantasizes about riding pursuit on the track.
2) I want to look like an urban hipster that fantasizes about riding pursuit on the track.
1) I ride pursuit on the track.
2) I am an urban hipster that fantasizes about riding pursuit on the track.
2) I want to look like an urban hipster that fantasizes about riding pursuit on the track.
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I feel like some of the spectators have more emotional investment in how bikes and riders look than the riders themselves.
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I had bullhorns on one of my roadbikes for a while and really liked them. My bullhorns were some old drop bars that I "flopped and chopped" when I converted that bike to a singlespeed. I ended up switching the bike back to an 18-speed but kept the bullhorns for a while because they seemed to make the bike more fun to ride. However, I eventually put drop bars back on the bike because bullhorns don't give you anywhere to hide on windy days.
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When I rebuilt my current commuter I put bullhorns on because I'd never ridden them before so I wanted to try and because I thought they looked pretty boss.
I have enjoyed them a lot. They give me a bunch of hand positions and allow me to be more upright or leaned forward without being too bent over in drops.
Here's my bike
I have enjoyed them a lot. They give me a bunch of hand positions and allow me to be more upright or leaned forward without being too bent over in drops.
Here's my bike
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