Clubber,wasn't Barry Jaeger the worlds biggest bottom burp?
"meanwhile, we'll take a short commercial break, and, in part two of the programme, well be discussing 'why longer stems are better'"
400mm with bar ends end of... 😉
FWIW, flat bars are an inherently better design simply because they have fewer bends meaning that for the same weight they'll be stronger or they can be the same strength and lighter.
The bar might be lighter but you would need either a longer stem or a longer steerer tube + spacers to get the same hand position, if you work it all out I would have thought the weight difference would be minimal.
Thanx for everyones input Looking at the Sunline flatbar
any good?
I thought it was flats that were the standard, and what the advantages of risers was?
[i]its risers that are the fashion.[/i]
Weird point of view...Clunkers had risers...then for what? A couple of years in the 90's it all went a bit narrow and flat, and people realised after a while that if you wanted to climb at all you needed bar ends, and that really you couldn't steer that well...so in about, what? 98-99 risers started appearing and have been pretty standard ever since, some "fashion" huh?
Time to admit that it was narrow bars that were the fashion blip, and not the other way round. But hey, you ride what you want, and I'll ride what I want, it's all good, no?
Don't risers allow a third dimension of adjustment? that of the forward or backward roll, which changes the wrist position within the constraint of any particular sweep and stem length and rise quite significantly?
PS, the people I see using flat bars always seem really angry/grumpy in the carpark.
Honestly who actually gives a flying frig?
Aesthetics and fashion are for tarts, shove your retro, 90s, niche bollocks and "Gnarr-core" precepts up your Arse and try riding your bastard bikes for a change...
What a barrage, of totally pointless slags!!
