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I'm after some of the above for use on anything from a 5 mile commute to 2 hour ride to some touring on.
Not too racy a position and will be fitted to a carbon fork and 28mm tyres at around 60psi.
Going to fit lizard skins 3.2mm dsp tape to take away some of the road feel and don't mind alu which has a bit of give rather than a cheap carbon bar.
Thanks
Any idea on price? Love my Thomson carbon bars. The flattened top part of the bars are nice and comfy for your hands and the drop to the ...err...drops is not so much from the hoods.
Any reason so wide? 46cm is a pretty big bar.
Sorry for some reason when I've posted the thread it's deleted < £80 from the title.
Want wide due to broad shoulders and my own perception that they will give better control (like MTB bars) and comfort as not so scrunched up, and returning to trying a road bike for first time in over 20 years.
Of course I may be completely wrong in my idea!
my own perception that they will give better control (like MTB bars)
My view on this is that MTB bars give better control as you have more leverage against the wheel being knocked off line (by roots/ rocks etc).
This doesn't really translate to a road bike. To get the equivilent feel in a road bike you need front end stability; which ime comes from weighting the front wheel just right - in my case, adding 10mm to my stem.
I'm interested in the answer as well.
I bought a new (to me) road bike and it has 44cm bars. They feel just a bit too narrow for me.
I bought a new (to me) road bike and it has 44cm bars. They feel just a bit too narrow for me.
44cm are pretty wide for road bars. If you're using them off-road, flared drops might be a solution, that way you get more control when you're in the drops, but a normal feel on the hoods and tops. You can't really compare road and mountain bike bars ime, it's just a different mechanical game.
I did a Flanders-style local sportive the other day which included a short stretch of proper though easy bridleway. What was interesting was that road riders couldn't cope because they're not used to stuff moving about etc. Mountain bikers on road bikes had issues because they couldn't cope with riding narrow drops off road. People who rode cross bikes regularly were happiest because they were used to controlling a bike off road with drops and didn't mind the whole looseness/traction equation coming into play.
But compact flared drops - Salsa Cowbells and the like - might work.