unusual handlebars
 

so, i'm starting to find that i'm displeased by the look of most handlebars, and i was wondering if anyone out there has links to some interesting, strange, or just seldom-seen bars. something in the family of these:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/nittott.html

or even pictures of bikes with fun stuff on. lets see it.

While in NYC yesterday on our way back to the meat packing district where we parked our car, I noticed either a fixed or singlespeed bike with straight bars chopped down to where there was barely enough room for brake levers and cut down grips! I know narrow bars are good for messing but these were ridiculously narrow! I shoulda took a picture! I did take a pic of those funny 7 man bikes that was mentioned here in another post. I'll post that tomorrow.

I got the RB 09 and yes they kick ass

I thought those were for playing polo. I've thought about trying out a very short set on MTB bars. I think someone posted a pic of thier bike with polo bars but I could be wrong.

For some reason I want to say it was cyclorat that posted the pic w/ the polo bars, but I could be totally off.

Yeah.

http://fixedgeargallery.com/2004/d/kopp.htm

http://fixedgeargallery.com/2004/d/kopp6.jpg

now that would build up wrist muscles and control-can you say twitchy?

That's roughly what my Bridgestone bars looked like after I got done with the hacksaw.

After trying for a couple of days to climb with them, I've swapped in some wider bars unsullied by my customizing.

The bars I saw were just a tad wider to allow for brake levers. I'm assuming the bike was either a mess's bike or a commuter's who liked to dodge between tight NYC traffic. And since there were 2 brake levers, I'm assuming (yet again) that the bike was an SS or geared bike.

Yup. Those were the ones I was thinking of. Just darn cool.

That makes me fall just looking at the picture!

Those polo bars, on a fix, might be a better theft deterrent than a kryptonite.

Better even than eggbeaters? I've actually thought of doing similar on my bike, mainly because of getting sqeezed way too much by buses. My hands are almost always right by the stem anyways. Sometimes I just ride with one hand on the stem, palm down, fingers over the bar, and the other holding a cigarette.

Now that is freakin twitchy!

that was one of my favorite i love lucy episodes...

Pimpin' gold cranks!!! Where to get?!?!

probably old school campy BMX cranks. if you search ebay you can probably find an assortment of anodized old school BMX cranks.... pricey though

There were also some limited edition gold *plated* campy's made. I don't know how much they cost, but I would expect beaucoup bucks.

Those are campy record in the pix

they have em at bike works nyc and also isnt that a forum members bike.... ummm whats his name rat chicago messer? if not he also has a miyata track with polo bars...

I saw a set at Ben's Bikes in Milwaukee, they were like $200+.

yeah, its cyclorat's bike. i guess he now is in santa cruz - haven't seen him posting much lately, otherwise i would just let him respond! cyclorat - if you read this, hope you don't mind me volunteering all this information.

Here's an unusual bar:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/e/jeri.htm

My gouge bars are unusual and are in the bike pics thread. They're Nitto Promenades,

The bars on this bike are pretty unusual.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...PcY_BID_Stores

Those bars probably weigh more than the frame.