[hu-man]

Followup to my request for input from long term users. Thanks all for the info, very useful. I have lots of pictures of the Mary bar on bikes but none with the rider on board. Anybody got a pic of a bike equipped with the Mary bar and showing a rider on board? Would be a help to see how the hands and arms end up positioned. I don't have alot of $$$ to spend on quality parts (kids, car, house, etc) so I like to do the research before i buy.

 

[GlowBoy]

Action shot on the Leviathan:

Group shot on the Vulture:

Couple of notes:
1. I run my Mary bars upside down, resulting in drop rather than rise. On a 29"er this makes more sense, because the top of the headtube is quite a bit higher.
2. The bar is on the high side in the Vulture pic. I've lowered it since that photo was taken.

Hope those help.

 

[Drevil]

Followup to my request for input from long term users. Thanks all for the info, very useful. I have lots of pictures of the Mary bar on bikes but none with the rider on board. Anybody got a pic of a bike equipped with the Mary bar and showing a rider on board? Would be a help to see how the hands and arms end up positioned. I don't have alot of $$$ to spend on quality parts (kids, car, house, etc) so I like to do the research before i buy.

One of my buddy Larry, by my buddy Gary:

A little hard to tell anything about positioning (this one's better), but I think it's a cool shot :thumbsup: BTW, there's no ramp on the other side of the log.

 

[SoloRider]

Here's a photo of my wife in the parking lot the day the bars went on, they've since been rotated down a few degrees. For her it was a purely comfort move since she's not a very serious rider and so far she's been really happy with the change.

 

[Caffeine Powered]

I haven't mastered "cut and paste" with the Mac yet so here's the url of me last season...
http://xtrphoto.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=444253&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

 

[craig]

Mary Bar - upright, with a slight tilt back.

 

[Cloxxki]

Flipped.

Because if you need a riser bar, your bike is simply too low. :thumbsup:

 

[AteMrYeats]

Upright.

 

[creepyfriendly]

Blurry.

Rightup.

 

[pinkheadedbug]

are they really all that?

edit -- also I notice that almost everyone is running brake levers that allow for 2 or 3 finger braking. Can you set them up for 1-finger braking or does the bend make that difficult?

 

[None]

Check the last two pics, I see one finger braking.

And yes they are incredibly more comfortable for all but a few.

 

[unit]

Agreed

Check the last two pics, I see one finger braking.

And yes they are incredibly more comfortable for all but a few.

I have some bars similar to the Marys, and I put some Mary bars on my brother's bike. Both of us can use one finger braking (though he prefers 2 regardless of bars). The large amount of sweep these types of bars have are "all that". A few people don't like them, many more think they won't, but most seem to appreciate it after they try it.

 

[pisiket]

Can you set them up for 1-finger braking or does the bend make that difficult?

I have my Juicy 7 levers "kind of" into the bend for 1-finger breaking.

I am very happy with my Mary bars after about 6 weeks of riding.

Ali

 

[BigRingBash]

Have Mary's on all 3 of my SS's and yes the are "all that", well I say any bar with a nice back sweep ala jones, black sheep, on one, misfit, etc. etc. The leverage of the backsweep and the hand positions are so nice especially on a singlespeed. JC

 

[BigRingBash]

Oh pics right! Here ya go.