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Description:
- Overall drop: 112mm centre/centre
- Sweep forward: 64.5mm centre/centre
- Flare at ends: 113deg
- ID at ends: 19.8mm
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Submitted by
Daniel Simola
a Cross Country Rider
from Philadelphia
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Blue Ribbon Trail, Norwich VT | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | on-one | | Strengths: | Wide diameter for stability and balance on the trails. Narrower flat for aerodynamics at speed. Ability to generate bliss in rider. | | Weaknesses: | Not UCI legal width for cyclocross, they don't offer a clamp diameter for road stems. a little scary on steep downhills if drops are set too low. | | Similar Products Used: | standard flat bar and various road bars | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Cannondale F3000 with XTR, Selle Italia carbonio saddle, eggbeaters, Diacompe 287V brake levers, avid mech brakes, dura ace drop bar shifters | | Bottom Line: | I initially bought these bars when toying around with my bike as a commuter, and was skeptical about their utility on the trails. Despite the snide looks of XC bikers on the trails, these bars provide fantastic stability and confidence on the trails, especially for climbing - forget those lame bar ends. The only issue is on steep downhills: you don't want to ride the hoods or flats since those positions are too narrow, so you need to decide whether to raise the bars to make the drops position at a comparable height to a standard flat bar. If you are comfortable on narrower flats you should consider some interruptor levers (a la 'cross). | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
haspok
a Cross Country Rider
from Budapest, Hungary
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | On-One direct | | Strengths: | - Unbelievably comfortable after using dummy flat bars, especially during climbs.
- Combined with the (in)famous Diacompe 287V, you get a superb climbing machine with 2 distinct hand positions, and both are - I cannot stress this enough - awesome. And the best thing is that you have access to the brake levers in both positions. And you also get three other hand positions (thats the biggest advantage of drop bars over flat bars). You've got to try it to believe it! | | Weaknesses: | - The diameter of the bars is road standard, which means you are in trouble if you need to put your MTB brake levers / shifters on. This doesn't apply to the SS crowd though :-)
- Also grips are hard to find, but you can always use your roadie tape spares... | | Similar Products Used: | Drop bars on road bikes, but nothing quite like the Midge on MTBs | | Bike Setup: | On-One Inbred 29er SS | | Bottom Line: | This is it - this is the bar I've been looking for ever since I started my cycling "career". Order it today - it's like a religion, it will change your life forever :-)
There is only one catch, and it's the geometry - you will very likely need to change your stem, and / or rise it a few inches. It's a shallow drop bar indeed, but it still has about 100mm drop. You may even need a stem riser. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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