Recommend drops
 

I'm looking for a classic look. No straight lines and lots of curviness.

handlebars. not dropouts.

nitto steel. if you haven't ridden steel bars lately, you don't know what you're missing.

Nitto B123 , especially if ya find 'em in the ever elusive 36 cm size............ooooh.

yep. $37 at spicer cycles.

you can get 36cm B123's at business cycles
http://www.businesscycles.com/trcomp.htm#bars

but if you can find cinelli's on ebay you can get bars in a wider size without sacrificing curviness... they have the most aesthetically pleasing curves, in my opinion, unlike nittos where the wider bars have straight flats.

Old Cinellis were good!

S/F<
CEYA!

However.................Despite the info on the website, they do not actually have them in stock on a regular basis, so ya gotta call first. Seems that they aren't intended to be imported to the US in that size. Sometimes a few slip thru the cracks. Anyways, that's how it was explained to me.
Older track bars from manufacturers like Cinelli and 3ttt are also nice 'n' curvy, but the Ebay prices on these are often prohibitive for me.

3ttt.

French alloy Randonneur handlebars.
Enjoy

One thing I like about track bars (particularly those 600 gram chromoly Nittos) is that they don't flex. http://www.yellowjersey.org/nitto.html http://www.businesscycles.com/tbars-nitto.htm

Road drop bars can be flexy in the drops....but what do you expect from a 200 gram bar? :rolleyes:

I gots 'em now, finally! As does John at Business cycles, in stock too! $45

OK, kids--check these out: Bianchi/Deda Pista steel drop bars at the Bianchi website. Only $29!

http://store.bianchiusa.com/cgi-bin/store/E5010.html

Nice for the price.

I dig my Nitto Noodle bars from rivendale-48cm c-c!

Cinelli Criteriums with the cinelli shields stamped on the clamp swage if your a retro freak, Track curves but a shorter drop than the Pista's.