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Spokes
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 Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 7:55am Post subject: Wing Bars, What Are Our Thoughts?? |
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Never used wing bars, the ones with the flat tops. What do we think of them?
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Lambretta
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 8:04am Post subject: |
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I'll get back to you when I've done a few ks on my new ones - chosen because I thought they'd be more comfortable for those times when you want to ride with your forearms on the bar tops.
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OnnoG
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 8:25am Post subject: |
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Cinelli ram looks very nice  but am told some wing bars there are not as many hand positions as a round bar. If you like the drops in a certain position you may be limited with a flat top.
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OnnoG
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 8:39am Post subject: |
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If you like more than a limited number of hand positions on the drop and tops I would go for round bars. Flat top may leave you in a fixed position, my rists like to move around a bit. Probebly ok for short race but for things going for ages you may be better of with round bars, unless you get a flat top that suits your main position.
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Fergie
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 8:52am Post subject: |
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Like my Grammo tops but the drop is too deep. Will get a flat top with less drop and reach. In carbon.
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Spokes
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 9:11am Post subject: |
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Ive been given some ITM mileniemmmmmm ones and the drop looks nice and short which is what I wanted.
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Fergie
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 9:23am Post subject: |
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FSA do a nice range. in wing and compact bars.
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businesstime
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 10:08am Post subject: |
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If there carbon flag it. I know of several people who have broken carbon bars in the last year. One guy broke his on the a long descent in the French Alps. Bugger that. Stick with alloy i reckon. Carbon is overated.....
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BianchiBoy
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:12am Post subject: |
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Alloy can break too you know. I snapped my alloy bars on the way to work a couple of months ago. Hit the deck instantly and waited for the car behind to run me over. It didn't, he stopped, felt relly sorry for me and offered me a lift.
To be fair they must have been damaged previously and I didn't notice the crack.
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jeremyb
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:15am Post subject: |
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Overtightened at the clamp perhaps?
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BianchiBoy
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:22am Post subject: |
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Maybe, but I had dropped that bike a couple of times previously so more likely damage from that. I have now learnt, I'm told that Brian Fowler replaces his handle bars every two years. Hard to believe that he keeps a bike for two years. He seems to change bikes like most of us change our shoes.
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businesstime
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:23am Post subject: |
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| BianchiBoy wrote: | Alloy can break too you know. I snapped my alloy bars on the way to work a couple of months ago. Hit the deck instantly and waited for the car behind to run me over. It didn't, he stopped, felt relly sorry for me and offered me a lift.
To be fair they must have been damaged previously and I didn't notice the crack. |
I suppose anything is capable of breaking. But Id stay away from carbon bars even more so if your a big unit. The lightweights outthere could probably ride anything but people over 90kg have to be a bit more careful about what the choose to use on there bikes.
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Fergie
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:27am Post subject: |
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90kg+ and do sprint training on my carbon bars. No worries.
Comfort is also good on Carbon bars. Back on alloy bars and hands have started tingling about 30mins into a ride again.
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businesstime
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:35am Post subject: |
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| Fergie wrote: | 90kg+ and do sprint training on my carbon bars. No worries.
Comfort is also good on Carbon bars. Back on alloy bars and hands have started tingling about 30mins into a ride again. |
Comfort is the main attraction for carbon bars for sure. Nice wide tops to wrap your hands around less vibrations etc etc. But I would hate to think what would happen when your carbon bars snap when your sprint training....(not that alloy is a given) Spose it depends on how much sprint training and how much use they get. Ive just lost a bit of confidence in carbon as of late and the heavier you are the more stress you must put on them.
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Fergie
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| Posted: Fri 29/Aug/08 11:54am Post subject: |
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As I am caning downhill at 80kph + it's my carbon steerer that worries me more.
Don't do a lot of sprint training. Just once a month to remind the legs what to do. But the bars seem okay
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