are bum bars the new risers?
09-16-09 | 04:23 PM
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
09-17-09 | 12:52 AM
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Ah... but there is a difference between hobo bars and the bars Ilikebikes is talking about.
These are not hobobars since they are flipped up...and backwards.
These ARE hobo bars because they were merely rotated up.
These are not hobobars since they are flipped up...and backwards.
These ARE hobo bars because they were merely rotated up.
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09-17-09 | 08:09 AM
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^also because that bike belonged to a hobo.
09-17-09 | 08:23 AM
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My girlfriend rides her bars like this and I've tried and tried to find another type of bar she would like but she insist this is the only way she wants her bars as she has been riding them like that since she was younger. I really don't care if they look stupid because they are comfortable to her, but the brake positioning is very hard to reach and I really have serious concerns about her safety. It's to the point where she gets mad whenever I mention it now. Any advice? Different brake positions? Bars girls tend to like?
https://velo-orange.com/vomoha.html
Seems like if you explain the safety concerns she should understand.
09-17-09 | 08:30 AM
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Your girlfriend wore diapers and rode a tricycle when she was younger too. Time to move on..........
09-17-09 | 09:10 AM
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I'm a fixed gear commuter and those flipped up, backwards bars look nice to me!! And if the guys in that YouTube clip use them, they must be cool, too!
09-17-09 | 05:05 PM
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09-17-09 | 05:38 PM
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bum bars! f*ckin yeah! if there good enough for bums there good enough for me ! On a side note i saw a bumish looking guy riding a bike today with 4 sets of old school mountain bike bar ends on each side... it looked like he was riding an Elk!
09-17-09 | 07:46 PM
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PS that video is sweet. I've never seen Quicksilver but now I want to!
09-17-09 | 07:49 PM
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"are bum bars the new risers?"
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01-20-14 | 01:59 AM
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All the older guys in my area ride them like that and have been for about 35 years, and they are far from bums/hobos. Matter of fact if any of you feel like going to the corner of 4th and Indiana (Philly) and telling the guys there that their riding "bum bars" let me know, I'd love to be there and get a pic of you walking to the hospital with your rear wheel sticking out of your ass.
The practical matter of flipping your bars allowed you to be comfortable on a "racing bike", marketed to promote style over substance. I like my bars flipped, they are comfortable. It's a tradition I grew up with. I am not a bum and I couldn't give less of a f*** what some wanker thinks of my bike. They look cool to me because I remember where I came from and don't rely on trends to make design decisions.
It's all about free choice, ya' know...and tradition. I'll bet the guys at 4th and Indiana would be more philosophical about this and let our judgmental friend choose which of his wheels he preferred up his ass.
Here's my ride for winter. It's been posted elsewhere on the forum as well, sorry. Building another fixie this winter. More rat this time.
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01-20-14 | 06:53 AM
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Just because you grew up with your bike set up wrong, doesn't make it any less wrong. You've spent money on a tall stem and a TT brake lever that should've gone on a north road bar.
Or even just a tall stem on it's own.
Or even just a tall stem on it's own.
01-20-14 | 11:47 AM
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