anyone else like this handlebar?
03-22-09, 05:41 PM
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I have two of them on the Palmares and the Ultimate. Love then, very light and stiff. Those are UCI mass start legal mini aero extensions. I use them on long flat pulls into the wind. They also give you more hand positions so your hands don't get as sore from single position.
03-22-09, 06:31 PM
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I have two of them on the Palmares and the Ultimate. Love then, very light and stiff. Those are UCI mass start legal mini aero extensions. I use them on long flat pulls into the wind. They also give you more hand positions so your hands don't get as sore from single position.
03-22-09, 07:13 PM
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The extension is not long enough to be good for TT or Tri, and it doesn't look long enough to be comfortable either.
I'll pass.
I'll pass.
03-22-09, 07:38 PM
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The Synapse has been around for years...I had one back in '04. Used it for about 6 months and sold it. The extension off the front was interesting, but more of a novelty as opposed to a functional tool.
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looks like a good place to attach a winch.
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I would like the triangle-shaped extension as another hand position- both hands like 45* from full pronation- but I think that the extension would really need to be angle-adjustable so you can keep your wrists otherwise straight, just as you want your wrists straight when they're on the hoods.
I actually did once see someone riding with his hands like that, I don't know if he had that bar or a clamp-on extension for a different set of bars.
OP, is the reach and drop to your liking?
I actually did once see someone riding with his hands like that, I don't know if he had that bar or a clamp-on extension for a different set of bars.
OP, is the reach and drop to your liking?
03-22-09, 09:37 PM
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Reach and drop are fine for my liking. These replaced DEDA Newton aluminum bar and stems. Bought both new on ebay for about half of their MSRP ( 650). The top of the bars is pretty flat and better on my wrists than round bars. I prefer these to the cinelli rams.
This is not a bar for you poseurs, as you can't flip the stem early on in the season!
This is not a bar for you poseurs, as you can't flip the stem early on in the season!
