Oooh Oooh Oooh...scored a Surly Torsion bar
01-05-06, 09:57 AM
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I have been thinking alot lately about handlebars for my SS MTB conversion project. The original flat bar from the 20 year old Specialized steel MTB weighs as much as my pipe wrench.
I spent a couple days drooling over pictures of the Soma Noah's Arc bars. Last night I stopped in one of the LBS for some inspiration. They keep all the bars in the back. Dude drags out some risers and flats. One was a "slightly used" Surly Torsion bar. Dude says probably someone who works at the shop ordered it, but didn't keep it. Got it for twenty bucks.
Flat Chro-moly bars with 15 degrees of sweep. The bike took on a whole new personality when I installed them. Maybe it wasn't just the bars. I also installed a GB stem recycled from a 1970's Raleigh Grand Prix. It looks so pretty. I want to be careful not to mess it up with a bad choice for grips. Here are the options I'm thinking of right now for grips:
1. Nothing. It's shiny and beautiful. Leave it alone.
2. Old skinny road tire tubes. I would install them with double sided tape like is used for golf club grips.
3. Conventional grips. Don't know which ones.
I spent a couple days drooling over pictures of the Soma Noah's Arc bars. Last night I stopped in one of the LBS for some inspiration. They keep all the bars in the back. Dude drags out some risers and flats. One was a "slightly used" Surly Torsion bar. Dude says probably someone who works at the shop ordered it, but didn't keep it. Got it for twenty bucks.
Flat Chro-moly bars with 15 degrees of sweep. The bike took on a whole new personality when I installed them. Maybe it wasn't just the bars. I also installed a GB stem recycled from a 1970's Raleigh Grand Prix. It looks so pretty. I want to be careful not to mess it up with a bad choice for grips. Here are the options I'm thinking of right now for grips:
1. Nothing. It's shiny and beautiful. Leave it alone.
2. Old skinny road tire tubes. I would install them with double sided tape like is used for golf club grips.
3. Conventional grips. Don't know which ones.
01-05-06, 10:16 AM
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I found those surly bars more comfy than the Titec Hellbents I had on my MTB. Enjoy those bars, good find.
01-05-06, 10:17 AM
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3 sounds like a good choice. The prevailing grips of choice for flats/risers seem to be Oury's. A bit too cushy for my liking but YMMV.
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Originally Posted by squeakywheel
1. Nothing. It's shiny and beautiful. Leave it alone.
2. Old skinny road tire tubes. I would install them with double sided tape like is used for golf club grips.
3. Conventional grips. Don't know which ones.
2. Old skinny road tire tubes. I would install them with double sided tape like is used for golf club grips.
3. Conventional grips. Don't know which ones.
01-05-06, 12:31 PM
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Sti Warlock grips. Not too soft, Indestructable, No-slip.
