Suggestions, please peeps, for some shallow drop bars for cross:

1. Going on a SS cross bike (well, it’s an old bike that’s going to be converted to cross).

2. Same width as I ride on the road (42cm) or wider?

Cheers

Do you want flared drops? If so, some of Brant’s Luxy bars? http://www.ragleybikes.com/2010/05/luxy-bar-is-go/

I have shallow drops on both my road bikes. Planet-x Strada. I really like them and find them very comfortable for extended periods on the drops. I always found Ergo Drop bars to be an awful bit of a stretch for me.

Mike – I think I want more “regular” shaped drops, but I’ll have a look.

Barry – I’ll have a look at those.

Cheers

Pro PLT compacts, great for ‘cross bikes.

James – what width (i.e. same as on road, or wider)?

Salsa Bell Laps,

And buy them wide 🙂

Ran Bell Laps for years on mine, now switched to Bonty RL VR. Much prefer them.

LiverpoolMercury_CX__0037 by Ed Rollason Photography, on Flickr

+1 for the Pro PLTs.

The normal shallow choice seems to be FSA Omega, but take a look at the 3T ones (think they are called Ergonova).

Cheers sdb & breatheeasy

forgot to mention budget, as in small – this is a distinctly, er, sixth bike, and so needs to have changes made in accordance with its overall pricing…. 😉

forgot to mention budget, as in small – this is a distinctly, er, sixth bike, and so needs to have changes made in accordance with its overall pricing.

CRC. Sort by price. Scroll down till you find the cheapest acceptable bar.

Do the same at Wiggle. Buy the cheapest.

That’s how I make all bike-purchase decisions.

I’ve got some FSA’s that are a really nice shape, use the same ones on the road bike as well.

Pretty sure the Luxys are still not available.

FSA Vero Compact on mine £20 from Merlin. Bargin.

Great feel, and great reach IMHO…

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=36060

Teeto – just the man (I remember that picfrom recently).

Sold to the man in the north. Now off to do the miketually shopping experience…. 😀

I’ve got a similar requirement to ourmaninthenorth ‘cept I need non-OS as well. Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

Matt

I bought Salsa Woodchippers for the Gryphon.

It’s tken me ages to build and I still can’t sus’ the drop levers / deare mech combo on the rear. Figure it’s probably chain length.

Hey ho, I digress 😉

Side by side I estimate by eye that the WCs are the same shallow-ness as on one mary bars but the grip is much longer on the former. Got big wide beasties as well at (IIRC) 46cm and “regular” diameter to fit MTB stems.

Oh, and they’re both flared because I figure they’ll be better off road / in rough stuff and it’s what Sam’s test Gryphon had on which I liked so much I bought one.

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I’ve got a similar requirement to ourmaninthenorth ‘cept I need non-OS as well. Anyone got any ideas?

Buy a cheap 2nd O/S stem, and a pair of O/S bars?

+2 Pro PLT compacts…love em, on road bike aswell

Buying a new OS stem might be an option but I currently have some 26mm bar top levers as well. I probably wouldn’t miss them too much apart from the fact that the rear one has a barrel adjuster for brake fine tuning.

http://mtbtires.com/site2/features/37-bikes/85-why-i-ride-dropbars

Deda Fluidas come shallow and short, cheap as well.

Wowsers that drop bar guy appears to be an EPIC FORUM BATTLE LEGEND.

We should invite him over here.

FSA compacts here, great on a CX bike. Prefer a longer drop on the road bike, but use the same width on both (44cm).

Going to be running Pro Vibe 7s in compact II design on my Cotic >X<

Not up and running yet but the Pro stuff is usually good.

Just got a pair of Bell Laps (Ta teeto) which seem nice tho I don’t always get on with ergos.

+3 PRO PLT Compact. Great bar on or offroad

What’s the drop on these Pro bars?