A solution looking for a problem.

 

Was coming into to post the exact same thing, verbatim. If you can't align your handlebars, riding a bicycle is probably far too dangerous of an activity for you to consider.

 

For $45 I'll probably get one. My one weakness when it comes to working on bikes is aligning the bars, to the point it's been a running joke with my friends for nearly two decades now.

 

My diy e-bike has so much crap on my bars, there’s no clear/ clean look at stem to tire, or fork to bars.
And bars are still on and off for a different rise or width, etc…
I’d have to remove the display, but had known that when thinking about such a tool.
I just looked and they are sold out.

 

I was doing it by eye, but kept melting tires. Thanks!
-Kano

 

If I had one I'd use it but really don't need one either.


might be good for setting up a lot of bikes such as a bike shop though

 

Can I use it to get each brake lever set to the same plane/pitch? Usually takes me a year of riding before I stop fiddling with one side or the other.

Ya, if assembling bikes was my job I'd buy one for sure just to streamline the process and for consistency. At home? No real need unless it's free, like my eyes.

As to the saddle level feature. I'm not sure if my saddle is level or slightly down or up but I do know 'level' is not my goal. Comfort is as saddle shapes are all over the place...how would one determine it's level anyhow? A horizontal line from back to tip? That's not useful, too many variable in shape.

 

If you happen to have a HAG already:

Lever Setter – Abbey Bike Tools

 

My OCD is all over this. I must not need it then. I can see a market for this in any case. I usually have to adjust my bars at least once after maintenance.

 

I would have expected to see this on April 1st.

 

They need to re-consider the name. Or is is there also queer version of this?

 

If I can get a gizmo to precisely match my saddle height, angle, fore/aft, everything when I change seatposts, I'd be in. I seem much more sensitive to my saddle being off by a mm than my bars. I swap seats/posts for race day. I have an aluminum post with metal rails and a seat bag mounted, and for a race, I pop that off and put a uber light carbon post and seat. Why? dunno. Just like doing it that way, put on super light wheels with race tires, post/seat and I'm ready. But as hard as I try, I can't get both to feel 100% the same. Same seat models and everything. Close enough anyway, but a device that could do this exactly? That would be neat.

 

Like this ?? Fit Kit

That would give you height and fore/aft consistency so you would just need to add gauge to ensure angle (or use a cell phone app with the Abbey tool).

 

I used to try to align my handlebar perpendicular to my tire.

I could do it, but it wasn’t easy.

Then someone told me an easier way.

Don’t try to get handlebar 90° to the tire. Instead, look at the fork’s wheel bridge and align the handlebar parallel to that.

Easy! I’ve never looked back.

I won’t be investing in this $45 laser tool.
=sParty

 

I used to try to align my handlebar perpendicular to my tire.

I could do it, but it wasn’t easy.

Then someone told me an easier way.

Don’t try to get handlebar 90° to the tire. Instead, look at the fork’s wheel bridge and align the handlebar parallel to that.

Easy! I’ve never looked back.

I won’t be investing in this $45 laser tool.
=sParty

I do the same — on some bikes the front axle or dropout is easier for me to see so I use those as a guide too.

 

april 4th today?

 

Does it work on people? #askingforafriend

 

Just center your eye on the stem and use your fork top caps as guides. As soon as the bar touches both equally you're centered.... Easy, reliable and free.

 

This is the way. You'll nail alignment every time using this method.

 

The lever alignment tool talk is funny. Or, take 7 seconds to download an angle finder app to your phone and use that. Maybe a little ruler if you're anal about grip-to-lever mount spacing. It's free. It's easier. And son, if it is 1 degree off you are never going to notice the difference. We're setting up bikes here, not engineering lunar landing vehicles.

 

I usually just eyeball the alignment and then (not kidding here) close my eyes and "feel" if everything seems good. Anymore than that is overthinking it IMO. Like BadgerOne said above, it's just a bike.

 

I don't have the guts to ride with my eyes closed -- mad respect to you, sir!
=sParty

 

Wow a new use for my rotary laser level!
Who woulda thunk?

 

Does this reduce tire ware like a 4 wheel laser alignment? What about the rear tire, we don't wanna be doing the crab roll like those old Ford vans. Will it work with an I-Phony??
So many questions, don't know if I can ride straight anymore...

 

I just toss a handle bar holder onto the fork bridge. 🤷‍♂️

 

Perfect tool for an extremely narrow subset who probably shouldn’t be riding in the first place.

 

Haha I bought one of these, works well.

I put it on my 'what I thought was aligned wheel' and what do you know was a few deg out.

 

this is what direct mount stems and dual crown forks are for

 

Align the stem with the brake arch. For brakes, find your angle from out of the saddle and dial them in looking from the side. This thread is myopic and some of you wouldn't have survived the 80s.

 

Well, you guys saw it fit to have us grow up staring at stuff like this all through the 80’s:

How the F’ did you think we were going to turn out?! 😆

No wonder I can’t “see straight”!

 

Innovative, well thought out, and executed... but im just not sold on its need at this time

 

just look at Cleetus here folks....he should have used a StayStraight

 

If it looks fair, it is fair.