Flat bar / horizontal top tube ideas?
08-15-15, 08:57 PM
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Flat bar / horizontal top tube ideas?
Hi,
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
08-15-15, 09:53 PM
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Hi,
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
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Sorry, I've got no help for you...even did my own quick search.
The only bike I know of that fits those is the bike I currently have, a Walmart schwinn Varsity 1200 ($200). I've been riding it almost 2 years, commuting and group road rides, and I'm ready for a change, especially in the handle-bar area...I even added bar ends for another option...flat bars just don't allow you to move your hands around as much as a road drop bar.
HOWEVER, If I were looking for an upgraded flat bar road bike, I would probably be looking at the Jamis Coda...steel, but no horizontal toptube.
I'll also that there are a lot of FIXED GEAR (single-speed) bikes that fit your 2 criteria, but that's probably not what you want.
The other option would be to find a nice vintage steel frame, and swap out the handle-bars.
...so yeah, I'm pretty much no help at all...
The only bike I know of that fits those is the bike I currently have, a Walmart schwinn Varsity 1200 ($200). I've been riding it almost 2 years, commuting and group road rides, and I'm ready for a change, especially in the handle-bar area...I even added bar ends for another option...flat bars just don't allow you to move your hands around as much as a road drop bar.
HOWEVER, If I were looking for an upgraded flat bar road bike, I would probably be looking at the Jamis Coda...steel, but no horizontal toptube.
I'll also that there are a lot of FIXED GEAR (single-speed) bikes that fit your 2 criteria, but that's probably not what you want.
The other option would be to find a nice vintage steel frame, and swap out the handle-bars.
...so yeah, I'm pretty much no help at all...
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Hmmm, interesting.
I think there are a few single speed flat bar horizontal TT bikes. But, very few stock geared ones.
You could, of course, do a drop bar to flat bar conversion, and sell off the excess components.
Why not convert a "classic" bike with either stem shifters or downtube shifters?
Oh, and is there a reason you don't want the sloping (curved) top tube?
I think there are a few single speed flat bar horizontal TT bikes. But, very few stock geared ones.
You could, of course, do a drop bar to flat bar conversion, and sell off the excess components.
Why not convert a "classic" bike with either stem shifters or downtube shifters?
Oh, and is there a reason you don't want the sloping (curved) top tube?
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Hi,
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
I am on the market for a new road bike, however I have two pre-requisites for this bike: 1) that it have flat handlebars (for a fairly comfortable commute) and 2) that it have a true horizontal top tube like the old bikes used to.
Are there any bikes with these two features that exist?
Also, my price range is around 1000$ give or take a couple of hundred bucks.
Was hoping someone could mention a few models to guide me the right way... Thanks...
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08-17-15, 01:50 PM
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Surly Trucker or Cross Check, have the shop swap the bars out. Might not be easy to make it under $1000....
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If you are tall then you probably have more options with horizontal top tubes. Almost all modern bikes have a sloping top tube for small frame sizes.
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