Has anyone used the Visiontech basebar? I heard from one source that they're a little flexy (with the cinelli alter stem), but that might have been other parts of his set up (the stem?).

Anyone have any experience? They'd look hot on my new bike (pictures to come!)

Paging Karstens...I think he has these on his new (and slow) build. I think they look like the steering wheel from knight rider.

The hand positions on those seem very limited as the shoulder part is pretty much not an option.

gotta pair it with your clip on aeros for more comfy hand positions.

those are only meant for tt since the tops aren't really meant to be used that much and the sides are only for climbs since thats the only time you are out of the aero part during a tt. I don't see those being practical in the streets.

Pshah!!! They say the same thing about track bikes and the street. No brakes, deep drop, stiff frames, one gear, etc!!!

i like those bars but they would be totally out of place on my bike

Seriously. Practical? Might as well just buy a hybrid.

I hear those flats are amazingly comfortable, and really I'm only on the shoulders when sprinting/climbing. That's what they use them for in TT's, so it seems like it would work.

Fine, practical... bad choice of words... but I personally don't like those kind of bars because the flats aren't that comfortable to me and the position of the sides aren't that great either. TT is even more about aerodynamic than track and even less about comfort than track. I'd do with some good'ol syntace bullhorns with a nice bend to it so you have more positions. Go to a shop that sell TT bars and see how you like them, maybe you'll like them more than me.

My friend has a set of road drops that are shaped like that on the top. He says they are really comfortable.

Uh... The edges look pretty sharp compared to "wing" drop bars for road use. These are designed to be used with aero bars. I don't see them being too comfortable, but it's not always about comfort.

see thats sorta funny coz i ride bullhorns/tt bars and my hands are never really fully comfy because of the small diameter of the bar....i think i might have big hands or a really tiny head, but my finger tips are always in my palm....which is not a great feeling.

i asked this question in a thread a long time ago. everyone claimed they were too limited in hand positions or just plain ugly, but i went ahead and tested a set of base bars and later on purchased similar bars (Deda Aerodue). the hand positions are fine in my opinion and they do look hottt...

Yeah, I've got ape hands for sure.

I think I might just have to buy some and try them out. I'm mainly concerned about stiffness, though.

Hey chzman, can we get some pictures of your rig with those bars? I'd like to see how they actually look on fixed bike. Anyone else have some pictures of track bikes with TT base bars?

well at the moment i'm not even running those bars, and i don't have any pictures with them installed (i have 6 million pics with the drops on, but not one f'n...), and, on top of all that, i am without a digital camera (as mine was highjacked last fall)

I ride the Easton carbon version of the same on the track and have to say they are stiff, comfortable, and you can rest your hands on the aero flat center portions just fine. Do note that you will need a very different stem length, and also that you can only mount them with an open-face stem bar clamp -- if you're on a quill stem, this gets difficult, so you pretty much need to use a Nitto threaded-to-threadless adapter plus a threadless stem, or find an old Salsa or something like that that works.

AND if you run a brake on these bars they are specific to the bars and very expensive.

CX lever at the clamp area? Seems like it would work.

My wife has them on her triathlon bike and she really likes them. She hasn't experienced any problems with excessive flex, but she's only 110 lbs. so who knows? I'd have to agree with those who've said that hand positions are limited. I wouldn't feel comfortable holding on to the flat sections on the bar - the edges are too thin to grasp.







We put some regular Cane Creek brake levers on it and it worked fine. The levers were about $40.

They do flex, at least so i've heard. I tried some and they do feel a bit mushy. I'm 120lb but I guess it wouldn't matter on a TT bike since you're not using it 24/7.

I find them very sexy.

Killer setup.

Didn't know that would work. Vision specs their own $80 lever.

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