Single piece handlebar stem combo?
 

I saw a picture of Squid in the one of the latest Bicycling magazines. He was trackstanding for the shot. But I noticed something different about his bars. The bar and stem is one piece into the headtube.
I couldn't find that pic from the mag online, but here's his Swobo bike with the same handlebars.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...oristicker.jpg

Who sells these? Or are they just a personal creation?

johnny cycles in wisconsin makes 'em.

I like that his handlebar setup is worth about 11ty times more than that **** Swobo frame

Haha, I think the frame probably cost him about 50 dollars more than the bar setup, and now that frame looks trashed. Classy.

Thanks for the response. I thought the Swobo looked like a solid frame for hard use in the city.
Those bars are wicked expensive. The other stems on that site are gorgeous though.

jonny cycles stems are sooo inexpensive. im gonna order a mess bag full.

many independent framebuilders including sacha white have built one-piece brazed or lugged combos like that, also. they're all pretty expensive.

That headset is huge! Those bars are cool and all, but way too long for my taste.

i think its way too expensive.... does it hard to make? it looks simple >.< but idk anything about it tho haha

those were custom made for squid and given to him as a gift from jonny at the chicago/kenosha velocity race last summer.

rae, i know some people who've made them at home, so it's definitely doable and not especially difficult. it just depends on whether you can cut and weld the tubing.

i will try to find out and maybe in the future ill make my own haha... just dreaming...:D