What is the difference between a "Wing" handle bar and a non-wing bar?

Wing bars have an ovalized top section which fits in your palm better than a round bar.

Allegedly.

Confirmed

I think wing bars tend to benefit people with large hands more so than those with small hands.

They're really comfortable, but a little more expensive than typical 'round' ones.

Like a seat, it's something you'll want to try out before you spend money. You have regular round, oversized round and wing. My hands aren't really big and I don't like wing bars. Give me an OS bar or standard bar with thick tape and I'm a happy camper.

My hands are larger than most, but the Deda Belgian Deep Drop (215 and Newton) bars work better for me than wing shaped bars do.

No one makes a wing shaped bar with a round, deep drop. They are all that anatomic crap.

I have Wing Pro compact bars on all of my bikes. I don't think my hands are large and they work much better for me than any round bar that I've tried.

The FSA Wing Pro Compact that I have don't have an anatomic drop. I know that previous models did, but the ones I have now don't. I don't care for the anatomic crap either.

The three main rider to bicycle contact points are subject to deeply personal preferences. These include:

Saddle
Shorts
Pedal
Shoes
Bars
Gloves

That means that the advice received, while sometimes very good, can never replace feeling it out for yourself in person.

But it's a compact.

I'm afraid my hands won't even fit on a round, short, shallow drop bar.

The Deda's are freaking deep. It feels like you fall into them when you move your hands from the tops or hoods to the drops.

But I'm a girl...I like the compact! I guess you're right, I just looked at the Wing Pro's that George put on his bike yesterday and they have the anatomic crap.

Whatever works for you, woman.

I like it deep.

Oh, I could take that so many places.

I take it everyday. >.>

That makes two of us.

That's what she said!

BT- show us the rest of that Parlee

Hmm...a Parlee and chants of "deeper".

Are we still talking about bikes or did this turn into a poorly veiled sex thread...with carbon toys?

Fine:



Campagnolo Chorus with a Record Full Titanium Cassette, Deda Newton Belgian Deep Drop bars with a Deda Zero 100 stem.

Lightweight Ventoux wheels, Continental GP4000 tubular tires.

The Pinarello M.O.st branded seatpost and Selle San Marco saddle have been replaced by an AX-Lightness Europa seatpost and a Tune Concorde saddle. There are no more spacers, either.

14.3 pounds with bottle cage and Speedplay Zero Titanium pedals.

Also: I don't have the bike anymore, just the wheels.

whoa.

not the right thread but HOT. Nicely done!

meh I think my Trek 1400 with down tubes is a bit nicer than that pos BT. Sorry haha!

But really, that is a wicked looking bike, I'm jealous

I don't do carbon very often. The Parlee Z4 was bought on impluse and was my first frame that had any carbon used in its construction.

In chronological order: 2001 Cannondale CAAD 4 Aero, 2004 Bianchi XL EV3, 2004 Bianchi XL EV4, 2002 Cannondale CAAD 6 SI and a 2000 Coppi Aluminum.

If the Parlee was a 53cm instead of a 55cm, I would still have it.