h-bars for fixed?
 

anyone running these for fixed? they make perfect sense for mtb ss riding and was wondering if anyone in areas with lots of climbs are running them on their fixed bikes.

http://www.jonesbikes.com/update/ima...ar_stacked.jpg

or the new budget titec riser version...

http://www.universalcycles.com/image...dium/10072.jpg

the width would absolutely help with climbing; the front 'bar ends' section for tucks; so many hand positions to choose from. probably horrible for tight city rides though.

thoughts?

Unless Titec brought the h-bars back, good luck finding a pair. I've wanted a pair for my Surly 1x1, but the actual Jeff Jones are a little pricey for my taste.

Risers with bar ends on my convesion make for some comfy riding, could only imagine if I actually had some Hbars.

That's exactly what they did. They actually worked in coordination with Jeff Jones to get the angles and everything right. The only change they made, I hear, was the rise.

Allow me to correct myself, If Titec brought them back for this year. I searched up and down for them last year, Only evidence of their existance was the Titec home page, and that speedgoat was out of stock.

Those look kind of awesome. $50 ain't bad, but 31.8 so you pretty much have to be threadless. Anybody got a pic on a bike?

I effing hate the look of those bars. Obviously it's just me.

I looked on Universal Cycles site where the pic came from, and there is apparently a 25.4 version as well, but both are out of stock, so who knows if these are even really available.

No really, who knows? because I'd like to know.

Anyway, in either size you still need a stem with a removable face plate

with some things in life it's not about the looks.

I saw these the other day on CBO. com under mtn bike risers section.

Wow! $90 Such a bargain... but they are in fact in stock.

Nobody said CBO is cheap but they do have good service and they will price match. The just ended a %15 off everything sale you can still try the code to see if it works CBO2877, supposed to have ended on the 12th

Edit: better yet do a price smash, with the 53 bucks at universal, on the CBO site and you'll get them for like $50.

i'd think they'd be a little wide (like wider than any road bar out there).

the thing with normal riser bars is you can just trim the ends; well it's pretty easy to see why that isn't possible here.

i'd try those titecs but so far i am happy with straight up normal riserbars (plus i can cut them down a little to fit between cars).

i was riding 17-18" bars on a mtb /w slicks when i lived in the queens. the width of these was my concern for city riding. now, however, living outside of atlanta i regularly do 30 mile loops on the pista and tackle some wacky hills. that's got me thinking about the leverage on the climbs. not that i'm about what looks cool - well, not always - but i'd like to see a pic of this style bars on a fix. and since my entire bike was $460 there's no way i'm dropping $225 on jones bars. no.freakin.way.

Why is everyone selling the 31.8mm bars cheaper than the 25.4 bars? Seems kind of odd.

Edit: I think I would like them, but wonder if they are really any different in terms of hand positions than the steel Wald Touring bars (#8095). Those are like the bars you find on old upright frumpy 3-speeds.

http://www.johndogfood.com/john/CB-1.html

No, it's not just you. I think they're ugly, too, but they really work well for my singlespeed mtb
and my crappy elbows.

For city riding w/ a fixie, I think they'll be absurdly wide. And, there isn't a bunch of room
for cutting them down (due to the shape).

baker

They're definitely MTB-focused, that's for sure.

I think they're ugly but in a demented kind of way I sorta like 'em.
Does that make sense?
(probably not Im sure)

The more I look at these the more I want to get them and do something totally ******** to them. Chop off the outer section, run them totally backwards, put MTB ends on the inner bit, get old add-a-drop extensions, something awesome.

take pics. :D

what is the purpose of this bars?

I guess id have to see them on a bike. Sitting there they look like hell

price point bro pricepoint

Super wide backswept part with awesome leverage and balance for flying downhill, narrow forward part to lower you and move your weight forward for cranking uphill. Think of it as bar ends without the awesome theatrics if you brush up against a tree at high speed.

Of course with almost 70cm wide bars you're going to be brushing up against a lot more trees in the first place and in my experience the only thing bar ends do is place the theatrics BEFORE you've smashed your pinkie rather then afterwards.

Maybe you shouldn't ride with yer pinkie sticking out. It's not a fricken' tea party!