HI all
am off the bike due to pain in hands - wrist and nerve inflammation Problem exacerbated by my straight s-bar Brompton
Anyone replaced s-bar with a carbon riser - what size fits and is it easy to do?
Also wondering on experience of Egon GP1 cork grips - do they fir all Brompton bars?
Thanks
MC
Yes to the bars, if you can find them - 25.4mm carbon risers are pretty rare now. I ahve one pair left, but they're reserved for a build so you can't have 'em 😉
Ergon gips work perfectly on S bars - on M/H bars they need to be cut down a little.
Yes, I run an old pair of FSA carbon risers with even older x-lite nobbies.
Bit of a wiggle to get them through the steerer clamp, I had to slightly spread it open with a screwdriver.
I prefer the wider bar even riding in London traffic.
not carbon but right size :
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Bit of a wiggle to get them through the steerer clamp, I had to slightly spread it open with a screwdriver.
A better trick that doesn't chew up the clamp: take the bolt out and put it in the other side, and put a coin in the slot - screwing in the bolt then spreads the clamp open in a controlled way.
thanks all, that video is very useful Definitely got bad wrist position May try the ergons plus a riser and also a different seat position Mine is slightly dropped on the nose which I think is pushing even more weight onto my wrists
That plus 100psi tyres and cobbles is the culprit
Carbon 25.4 are like hens teeth though - any 30 to 40mm rise ones around are about 80 quid!
MC
I've got a set of 25.4 race face carbon bars that are spare if you're interested(email in profile)
Fairly low rise and narrow though, iirc they are 600ish wide and 20mm rise