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what handlebars on road going hardtail

15 posts & 8 voices | Started 4 months ago by gnusmas | Latest reply from gnusmas

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gnusmas - Member

out of curiosity, what handlebars should i get? i have put slick all weather tyres on my hardtail for commuting and am thinking of keeping it for the road. i currently have riser bars on it but want something different.

straight bars and bar ends or are there any other options???

Posted 4 months ago #
mudshark - Member

You know you want to...

Posted 4 months ago #
andypaul99 - Member

Flat bars and ends all the way, have 580mm flats on my XTC works a treat. You dont want wide risers on the road makes no aerodynamic sense..

Posted 4 months ago #
andypaul99 - Member

mudshark ..... only if you are dutch cyclo tourist can you get away with that

Posted 4 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

I have the alloy version of these;

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ritchey-wcs-carbon-flat-mtb-handlebar-10-degree

flat, but with a similar sweep to risers. not sure I'd want bar ends though...

Posted 4 months ago #
the-muffin-man - Member

I have flats and short bar-ends on mine...

Posted 4 months ago #
gnusmas - Member

one of my mates was trying to get me to put some drop handlebars on it (coz he has some he isn't using)

i like the idea of ends, but i like the idea of the sweep on that ritchey too.

what is that bar mudshark? looks like it belongs on a tourer, or is it just a huge bowtie??

Posted 4 months ago #
mudshark - Member

Well yeah those bars are for touring but having toured on an mtb I would have happily swapped the flat bars I was using for them as would have appreciated the comfort. They is ugly though....

Posted 4 months ago #
gnusmas - Member

lol

pretty certain i am going with flat bars, got to decide on the right bars and whether or not to have bar ends, depends on the bar i suppose

Posted 4 months ago #
chaos - Member

On-One Marys? I've just put some on the bike but have yet to actually get a chance to properly test out other than a ride round the garden.

Posted 4 months ago #
colournoise - Member

Flats and bars ends.

slainte rob

Posted 4 months ago #
gnusmas - Member

what bar ends would be recommended by the masses? i can look at them and then decide

why the bashful face rob?

Posted 4 months ago #
the-muffin-man - Member

Something simple like this...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=46048

These would be fine to if you wanted something a little longer...
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=29893

From experience I'd avoid ones where the clamp faces the rider (if that makes sense!), as you tend to rest your hands on the clamp and it creates a pressure point - this style...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=39032

Posted 4 months ago #
unovolo - Member

Dildo bar

Posted 4 months ago #
gnusmas - Member

quite liking the ritchey ones muffin man, thanks

link doesn't seem to work for me unovolo, intrigued coz of the name though

Posted 4 months ago #