MTB handlebars on a FG?
02-27-10 | 01:23 AM
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MTB handlebars on a FG?
So I'm looking for flatbars and a shorter stem to put on my Pista.
I came across Easton stems, and The Answer bars all on clearance sales at 60-70% off.
The bars are carbon/173 grams, but I've never seen anyone riding a SS/FG with bars like these
bar: https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...age.php?id=523
stem: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...Ea70+Stem.aspx
despite looking absolutely ridiculous on a track bike, is there any reason not to get these?
I came across Easton stems, and The Answer bars all on clearance sales at 60-70% off.
The bars are carbon/173 grams, but I've never seen anyone riding a SS/FG with bars like these
bar: https://www.universalcycles.com/shopp...age.php?id=523
stem: https://www.jensonusa.com/store/produ...Ea70+Stem.aspx
despite looking absolutely ridiculous on a track bike, is there any reason not to get these?
02-27-10 | 01:42 AM
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Like you said, looks are just outrageous badness, but if you don't mind that, get them :]
They seem cheap enough that if you don't like them, you can snag some other ones.
They seem cheap enough that if you don't like them, you can snag some other ones.
02-27-10 | 06:27 AM
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What a novel ideal.
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
02-27-10 | 06:33 AM
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02-27-10 | 08:17 AM
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02-27-10 | 08:43 AM
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But these go to 11.
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I use Truvativ Holzfeller bars and stem on my kilo. They are ultralight risers, though i had to cut a massive amount off. The stem is also extra extra short. I find it quite nice for riding around berlin.
02-28-10 | 02:28 PM
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