What Handle bars do you use on your touring bike
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What Handle bars do you use on your touring bike
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Re: What Handle bars do you use on your touring bike
Postby WestcoastPete » Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:54 pm
My everyday bike has Nitto Noodles at 44cm wide. Wrapped in leather, these are my favourite bars and will go on pretty much every drop bar build I do. I recently toured on them and they were sweet as. Most of the time I sit just back of the drops, otherwise within a few cm of there. Occasionally on the crossbar, and in the drops for a headwind.
Personally, I don't think it's too important to have an abundance of positions, as long as you have at least one excellent one.
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Postby Cheesewheel » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:40 pm
I have just taken these off my LHT.eyremowing wrote:Thanks Guys, It certainly seems like I have plenty of choices. I am leaning towards these: http://www.xxcycle.com/multiposition-ha ... ck,,en.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. plenty of hand position choices.
I have since changed the stem and installed drop bars.
None of the variety of positions the handlebars offer involve taking the pressure off the ball of the palms.
Also if you are taking a bit of weight on the front through panniers or a handlebar bag, there is a disconcerting flex felt through the handles if you are holding on to the very ends.
Like westcoastpete said, more important than having a variety of positions is having one excellent position
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Postby Cheesewheel » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:10 pm
If you want to keep your options open keep the brake cables a tad longer than what you might otherwise so if you want to change your handlebars, that is the only thing you have to change. Also be aware that there are short and long pull brake levers, so if you ever have to redo the brakes (like you might if you go from a flat handlebar to a drop handlebar), you could end up having to change the entire braking system, from the calipers/pads to the leverseyremowing wrote:Thanks, other people have complained about the flex as well. They were pretty cheap so no great loss if I don't like them.
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Postby RonK » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:50 am
Give them a decent try before deciding. It doesn't take long to get used to them, and changing to a flat bar will be an expensive exercise.Tassiecelt wrote:An issue that I am thinking about too. Looking at a Fuji Tourer, it comes with drop bars, but having never used them I am not comfortable with them. I could change over for straight bars.
Alternatively, look at the Vivente World Randonneur. It's the best value tourer and is offered with Humpert trekking bars as an option.
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Postby Wingnut » Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:42 pm
Groovy Luv Handles are not available atm and I think the Jeff Jones H-Bars might have too much backwards sweep...
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Postby Wingnut » Sun Oct 06, 2013 12:27 pm
I like the On-One Fleegle bars too...
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Postby queequeg » Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:09 pm
+1 I have the Ergonova pro on both my road bike and my CX Commuter. The flat section is extremely comfortable and great for extended rides when you want to get off the hoods for a while.geoffs wrote:3T Ergonova pro has the best shape and a nice fat flat section. Very comfortable
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Re: What Handle bars do you use on your touring bike
Postby rifraf » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:30 pm
I've never been much of a fan of aluminum for anything except Landrover bodies and certainly not handlebars.
With much angst over price I repeatedly returned to look longingly at Jeff Jone Ti Loop bars.
This posting in MTBR forum certainly has given me further pause for thought regarding Ti:
http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-components/ ... 82020.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Dont get me wrong as I'm sure any metal has a fatigue life but handlebars snapping always gets a gasp out of me as its the stuff of nightmares.
Thankfully its not something that appears to happen too often if reading our forums is representative of whats happening in the real world.
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Re: What Handle bars do you use on your touring bike
Postby RonK » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:29 pm
Such paranoia. Tsk, tsk, tsk.rifraf wrote:Dont get me wrong as I'm sure any metal has a fatigue life but handlebars snapping always gets a gasp out of me as its the stuff of nightmares.
Personally I'm more doubtful about the titanium and the carbon fibre bars on some of my bikes than I am about alloy bars. I've used alloy bars for years and never broken one.
When I look at the wall thickness of the CF and Ti bars they don't fill me with confidence, but then I don't have years of experience with them. Maybe they'll be OK, but who knows!
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