|   Discuss Quick Poll: What kind of bar do you prefer? | gregg
Jun 18, 2003 11:29 AM | | Current Quick Poll is: What kind of bar do you prefer?
choices are:
-flat
-riser
-any bar with happy hour!
This is a revisit to the same question we asked about 2 years ago. At that time, 52% of the people chose riser, 38% chose flat, and the rest chose the joke option.
I would guess that this time around, the percentage of people who choose riser, will be larger.
As a side question, what do you think about bar ends on riser bars? With the rise in popularity of riser bars, does this mean the end of bar ends?
Discuss your answers here. |
| <i><b><font size=+1>Dropbars!</i></b></font> | shiggy©®
Jun 18, 2003 11:37 AM | | Come on, Gregg, not all of are sheep!
There are more options than flat and riser |
| Freak.......I suppose you like Avid discs too...... | Pat T.®
Jun 18, 2003 1:53 PM | | LOL |
| Very few thylacines and dodos left. ;)nm | noslogan
Jun 18, 2003 4:30 PM | | |
| Alright! Who let Shiggy out again? nm | Berkeley Mike
Jun 18, 2003 5:57 PM | | . |
| 25" wide, 9 degress back | BH
Jun 18, 2003 11:42 AM | | and I'm running both flat and riser bars on different bikes that accomplish it. Riser or flat is kind of irrelevant. The bar needs to be at the correct height, the correct width and the correct angle. |
| ditto what he explained, and | derby
Jun 18, 2003 11:56 AM | | I found no need or comfort advantage for bar ends any more by using a wider bar than I used to with bar ends (was using b-ends with 22 inches flat, 12 degree sweep).
- ray |
| I love these bars JeffJ posted in the 29"er forum: | næstep
Jun 18, 2003 11:44 AM | | This things look ass-kicking.
http://forums13.consumerreview.com/crforum?viewall@@.efb3789 |
| What the......?! | boyonwheel
Jun 18, 2003 1:48 PM | | That's some weird shifting. I like the idea, but it looks like shifting is strange, while sitting. Wow. |
| 5* flat bar without bar ends. Simple efficiency! nm | clary.
Jun 18, 2003 12:10 PM | | |
| Bars... | JerseyDevil
Jun 18, 2003 12:22 PM | | MTBs - 23 inch wide flat bar with 3 degree bends
Road - 44 c-c
'Cross - 46 c-c |
| Usually Irish Pubs. Definitely not Fern bars | Fat-tire
Jun 18, 2003 12:36 PM | | |
| Flat Bars! and B/Ends Suck and are Dead IMHO (nm) | Trevor!
Jun 18, 2003 1:44 PM | | |
| Oh $hit, guess I'll have to get rid of mine then (nm). | jcw
Jun 19, 2003 5:08 AM | | nm |
| I gots two flats.... | GirchyGirchy
Jun 18, 2003 3:07 PM | | A 22" 5 degree bar on my main bike, and a 28" 12 degree (?) flat on my old Mongoose. I also have a 23" 6 degree bend sitting around. Never been a big riser fan...too heavy if you don't have the money for a carbon.
Brian |
| Titec Hellion Ti 25.2" wide, small rise, no idea on sweep/angle | scrublover
Jun 18, 2003 3:16 PM | | Got 'em on both mtbs and love them. Wide, but not too wide. Little extra cush, maybe. I can't really tell. But I have more confidence in their ability to take abuse than a carbon or most lightweight alu bars. Plus, they are just gripalicious!
46cm c-c on the roadie and 42cm c-c on the commuter (drops)
Dave |
| Gay bars | Zonicman
Jun 18, 2003 4:46 PM | | put your elbows together and clap! i'll blow my whistle. |
| Flat................. | Mike T.
Jun 19, 2003 3:17 AM | | ......, titanium and WITH bar ends. They put my hands in a much better position for climbing and out of the saddle accelerating. I can't get out of the saddle with my knuckles pointing forward. It just ain't natcheral.
Get these babies from Thor, they're frikkin minimalist beauts - |
| How much for those lil' gems? | Lucky
Jun 19, 2003 9:33 AM | | I'm a flat bar/bar end user, too.
Kathy :^) |
| Riser and drop. | Twilight Error®
Jun 19, 2003 3:30 AM | | 28" DH riser on the Stinky
44c-c drop on the roadie, just up from a 42 - I needed a bit more width.
I haven't used barends in a long, long time. |
| re: Discuss Quick Poll: What kind of bar do you prefer? | Stingray63
Jun 25, 2003 5:20 PM | | I'm an old-school rider.We used both types of bars back in the day.we didn't consider this important back then and it's amusing now.Today's risers are better.I use both bars depending on the ride I have planned.I noticed there isn't much difference when it comes to width and angles.Risers make me feel like I'm riding a flattracker which is cool but I also like the aero/fast ride of the XC bar.I thank the freeriders for making my sport cool again. |
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