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Handlebar types... what are the pro's and con's

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Old 06-27-08 | 12:05 AM
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Old 06-27-08 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by roadgator
i especially liked this gem from the bike snob site:


"Risers with Quill Stems

... but it's making five lefts to go right--like using air conditioning and the heat at the same time--and consequently inelegant."

SO TRUE.
isn't making 5 lefts just another left?
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Old 06-27-08 | 06:46 AM
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word.
I'm so glad you brought a year-old thread back from the dead to impart this great wisdom upon us all.
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Old 06-27-08 | 07:35 AM
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bull horns have all pros and no cons IMO
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Old 06-27-08 | 08:24 AM
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I'm using a nitto porteur bar, it's awesome except for climbing where I have ZERO leverage.
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