Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
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Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby shann » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:39 pm
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby celeste boy » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:17 pm
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby jacks1071 » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:19 pm
Pins and needles in your hands has nothing to do with flat bars and everything to do with bike fit.celeste boy wrote:I started off serious riding with a flat bar roadie. It's on permanent loan now. Vibration on the hands is pretty bad. On a drop bar you have 3 positions for the hands and i use them. The guys I ride with who all have hybrids (flat bar) are always shaking their hands when they are riding to get rid of the pain and the pins and needles.
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If you're getting pins and needles in your hands barring some other medical problem you have too much weight on your hands. Means the saddle and/or stem need to be moved rearwards to put more weight on your backside and less on your hands.
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby thejester » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:51 am
I am a very wide body and shoulders, a footballers, build, when the wind blows I curse my aero-dyamic profile (lack of). Otherwise my bike is comfortable and quick.
Flat bars are better if your stomach is on the large side too. You wont push your knees out wide to accommodate it.
To better my aero profile I do what MTB'ers do; drop some spacers, angle the stem down. These adjustments can be done gradually as your body adapts to riding.
When buying, look to ride a larger size than you would on a roadie as the bars/grips are not as long a reach as the hoods on a roadie. This will also help with aero-dynamics.
Full carbon flat bars are available to give better ride quality and with some simple upgrades easily can go sub 8.5kg. (Bracciano's? better tyres?)
The Trek 7.7fx is the same frame as the 3.1 Madone ($1700). And the Specialized Sirus Pro is a rocket (high $$ though (AT) $2100). I have test ridden both and personally tend toward the 7.7fx, but think the Sirus is far sexier and that counts for bucket loads.
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby thejester » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:02 am
As your core strengthens, this should become much less of a problem. You body will support more of its own weight as opposed to sagging forward onto your hands.jacks1071 wrote:Pins and needles in your hands has nothing to do with flat bars and everything to do with bike fit.celeste boy wrote:I started off serious riding with a flat bar roadie. It's on permanent loan now. Vibration on the hands is pretty bad. On a drop bar you have 3 positions for the hands and i use them. The guys I ride with who all have hybrids (flat bar) are always shaking their hands when they are riding to get rid of the pain and the pins and needles.
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If you're getting pins and needles in your hands barring some other medical problem you have too much weight on your hands. Means the saddle and/or stem need to be moved rearwards to put more weight on your backside and less on your hands.
Also as you tire you tend to clench grips and stiffen your arms, as you strengthen you wont do it as much.
I use grips with palm rests and only actually grip the grips when powering.
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby Ozkaban » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:03 am
But I think you're correct. If he gets into it and enjoys the longer rides he'll regret not getting a drop bar roadie.
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby jasonc » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:27 am
i've now got a roadie as well. so a flat bar will work, but a roadie will be quicker
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Postby m@ » Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:20 pm
This.Ozkaban wrote:I would say a flat bar roadie will be fine for 50k+ - so long as it fit correctly.
But I think you're correct. If he gets into it and enjoys the longer rides he'll regret not getting a drop bar roadie.
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby rjk » Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:49 pm
Put on some slicks and go for a quick ride on the road, then replace them with knobbies and go try some hard pack
Th cx also has interrupter brakes that are great for when you want to sit more upright
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Postby cjrich » Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:45 am
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Re: Flat bar roadies - any good for riding 50km+
Postby marckietan » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:04 am
More than likely, he will want to upgrade to a roadie at some stage, I would suggest that you try to buy a second hand flat bar for a while to see if he gets into it (like everyone else here on this forum) and if the does then he can upgrade (roadies seem to really be dropping in price but flat bars have been pretty consistent in price) and you can sell on the flat bar. Probably won't lose too much in the process.
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