Handlebar question
03-26-21, 04:57 AM
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Handlebar question
Hi all
I tried searching the forums but came up with nothing.
Fact is, I'm looking for a handlebar, that doesn't seem to exist anymore. What I'm hoping for:
1) Width= 38cm or 40cm
2) Reach between 70 and 80mm
3) Drop less that 135mm
4) Oversize tops i.e. 31.8mm across the bar
5) Traditional/Italian bend.
6) Aluminium (preferably black)
I've come up with the following so far
1) Deda Zero 100 shallow
2) Ritchey WCS Neoclassic
Both of them tapers down to 25.4mm mid-tops, but ticks the other boxes.
The now discontinued 3t Superleggera Team had the top I'm looking for, but it's carbon and drop and reach is too much.
Does anyone know of a handlebar - present og discontinued - that ticks all boxes?
Cheers
I tried searching the forums but came up with nothing.
Fact is, I'm looking for a handlebar, that doesn't seem to exist anymore. What I'm hoping for:
1) Width= 38cm or 40cm
2) Reach between 70 and 80mm
3) Drop less that 135mm
4) Oversize tops i.e. 31.8mm across the bar
5) Traditional/Italian bend.
6) Aluminium (preferably black)
I've come up with the following so far
1) Deda Zero 100 shallow
2) Ritchey WCS Neoclassic
Both of them tapers down to 25.4mm mid-tops, but ticks the other boxes.
The now discontinued 3t Superleggera Team had the top I'm looking for, but it's carbon and drop and reach is too much.
Does anyone know of a handlebar - present og discontinued - that ticks all boxes?
Cheers
03-26-21, 09:30 AM
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I've never noticed any that were the same diameter all throughout the tube except for ones that are smaller diameters. But likely just me. I know they might be out there.
Specialized makes some nice drop bars too that fall within your other specs. And in price ranges from 40 to 250 USD.
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sh...e:Drop$2520Bar
Though they all may be in that freighter tying up traffic in the Suez Canal.
Specialized makes some nice drop bars too that fall within your other specs. And in price ranges from 40 to 250 USD.
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/sh...e:Drop$2520Bar
Though they all may be in that freighter tying up traffic in the Suez Canal.
03-26-21, 09:42 AM
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For whatever reason: FSA Omega comes to mind. I'm not going to do the research for you. They might not be curvey enough between the hoods & the tops for you though.
FSA bars are 2 cm narrower center to center than their width specification suggests. So a 40cm wide bar is 38cm actual.
Good luck with your search.
Edit: I did go look. Omega's have a 74mm reach, 118 drop.
FSA bars are 2 cm narrower center to center than their width specification suggests. So a 40cm wide bar is 38cm actual.
Good luck with your search.
Edit: I did go look. Omega's have a 74mm reach, 118 drop.
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03-26-21, 02:07 PM
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FSA compact bars meet your requirements. That said, you're never going to find a bar that has 31.8mm across the entire top. That'll be just the clamp area.
03-26-21, 02:22 PM
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I highly doubt that's the case. Grip width on road drop bars is generally 23.8mm, not 25.4mm.
At any rate, if you want more thickness on the tops, just put some extra material down. That can be as simple as wrapping with a section of old inner tube or additional bar tape or whatever, or you could use other objects to control the shape. Some companies even make things deliberately designed to go underneath bar tape, like Nitto Monkey Bananas.
At any rate, if you want more thickness on the tops, just put some extra material down. That can be as simple as wrapping with a section of old inner tube or additional bar tape or whatever, or you could use other objects to control the shape. Some companies even make things deliberately designed to go underneath bar tape, like Nitto Monkey Bananas.
03-26-21, 05:12 PM
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What is a traditional/italian bend?
If it is a constant radius curve to the drops it will rule out all the compact bars which are the only ones with the 70/80mm reach.
I also haven't seen anything that is 31.8mm all the way across the top.
If it is a constant radius curve to the drops it will rule out all the compact bars which are the only ones with the 70/80mm reach.
I also haven't seen anything that is 31.8mm all the way across the top.
03-29-21, 02:50 AM
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For whatever reason: FSA Omega comes to mind. I'm not going to do the research for you. They might not be curvey enough between the hoods & the tops for you though.
FSA bars are 2 cm narrower center to center than their width specification suggests. So a 40cm wide bar is 38cm actual.
Good luck with your search.
Edit: I did go look. Omega's have a 74mm reach, 118 drop.
FSA bars are 2 cm narrower center to center than their width specification suggests. So a 40cm wide bar is 38cm actual.
Good luck with your search.
Edit: I did go look. Omega's have a 74mm reach, 118 drop.
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The, now discontinued, 3t Superleggero Team carbon bar did, but if drop and reach are too much for me for that one.
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I highly doubt that's the case. Grip width on road drop bars is generally 23.8mm, not 25.4mm.
At any rate, if you want more thickness on the tops, just put some extra material down. That can be as simple as wrapping with a section of old inner tube or additional bar tape or whatever, or you could use other objects to control the shape. Some companies even make things deliberately designed to go underneath bar tape, like Nitto Monkey Bananas.
At any rate, if you want more thickness on the tops, just put some extra material down. That can be as simple as wrapping with a section of old inner tube or additional bar tape or whatever, or you could use other objects to control the shape. Some companies even make things deliberately designed to go underneath bar tape, like Nitto Monkey Bananas.
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Fact is, I'm looking for a handlebar, that doesn't seem to exist anymore. What I'm hoping for:
1) Width= 38cm or 40cm
2) Reach between 70 and 80mm
3) Drop less that 135mm
4) Oversize tops i.e. 31.8mm across the bar
5) Traditional/Italian bend.
6) Aluminium (preferably black)
1) Width= 38cm or 40cm
2) Reach between 70 and 80mm
3) Drop less that 135mm
4) Oversize tops i.e. 31.8mm across the bar
5) Traditional/Italian bend.
6) Aluminium (preferably black)
03-29-21, 04:05 PM
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Not quite. Zipp sl-88, Deda Zero 100 shallow and Ritchey Neo Classic all fulfill both #3 and #5. It seems that #4 is the big issue. But guess I can do as suggested and either doublewrap the tops or use the discarded inner tube.
