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coominya

05-20-17 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ColonelSanders (Post 19596896)

Yeah it would be easier to buy a 680mm or 685mm handlebar and cut it to size.

However I will give this handlebar a go, it has no riser though, so a pure flat bar.

https://www.bike24.com/p254648.html

I went all the way down to 580mm and it feels fine but I have my seat fairly high and back so it's not as upright position as you may ride.

ColonelSanders

05-20-17 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by coominya (Post 19597089)

I went all the way down to 580mm and it feels fine but I have my seat fairly high and back so it's not as upright position as you may ride.

After getting use to the 700mm handlebar of the Toughroad and even allowing for me effectively using my handlebars as a 680mm, due to pushing in the grips, 580mm sounds unimaginably short for me these days. :twitchy:

Plus I find I need a decent amount of room for my light mount and computer mount and bell. :innocent:

I think my long term handlebar will end up being a 660mm Jones H-Bar Loop.

fietsbob

05-20-17 12:01 PM

I have a 58 across the Ergon bar ends, ... bars, on my Bike Friday 'Season Tikit', a Bi Fri made Separable 'straight' bar..

coominya

05-20-17 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ColonelSanders (Post 19597769)

580mm sounds unimaginably short for me these days. :twitchy:

Most all road racers have short bars, and probably all MTB bikes from the 90's back did as well. I know because I have several lol. Wide bars were obviously introduced for better control on singletrack but now it has become a fad, a fashion that has spread to our hybrid road roadies.

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