September 3, 20205 yr Putting my head in my hands, expressing despair at the post I quoted! Ah right. Lol I’m an old git here who knows nothing of the modern terms lol.
September 3, 20205 yr Riser bars make all the difference, my old giant had a set of bars from a Ducati motorcycle, really made a difference on my back.
September 3, 20205 yr Have you ever experienced a Bickerton? Now those were handlebars! [ATTACH type=full" alt="38119]38119[/ATTACH] Those bars are ace! Very Johnny pay phone!
September 3, 20205 yr I've been considering these for my Raleigh Pioneer as I've problems with carpal tunnel syndrome. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GPM926K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_8kuuFb0TSCTTQ
September 3, 20205 yr Those bars are ace! Very Johnny pay phone! Back in the day I had one for zipping about London. It was so light, less than 10kg (even though it had steel wheels and many steel parts) you could get incredible acceleration and because of the smaller frontal area, it wasn't difficult to get it up to 30 mph. You could really annoy the lycra set with it as you could draft them so close with your tiny front wheel and they couldn't shake you. Then the control and precision you got from those weird looking handlebars was unbelievable considering the front wheel was only 14 inches. Sadly the main front stem was light aluminium alloy and one day the whole lot fatigued and came off in my hands. Luckily I wasn't going fast on that day! I replaced it with a 20 inch modern folder, but it was never as light or stable to ride.
September 3, 20205 yr Back in the day I had one for zipping about London. It was so light, less than 10kg (even though it had steel wheels and many steel parts) you could get incredible acceleration and because of the smaller frontal area, it wasn't difficult to get it up to 30 mph. You could really annoy the lycra set with it as you could draft them so close with your tiny front wheel and they couldn't shake you. Then the control and precision you got from those weird looking handlebars was unbelievable considering the front wheel was only 14 inches. Sadly the main front stem was light aluminium alloy and one day the whole lot fatigued and came off in my hands. Luckily I wasn't going fast on that day! I replaced it with a 20 inch modern folder, but it was never as light or stable to ride. Sounds fun! Shame it didn’t end well... My late (great) pal and was a motorcycle mechanic and made custom parts from aluminium, he would have rattled you off a new one in a matter of hours!
September 4, 20205 yr With std straight bars or those with only nine degree sweep my thumbs and esp the thumb/hand joint used to ache on my longer rides (up to 100 odd miles), about three or four years ago I swapped over to 45 degree sweeps and it solved my problem. Still not truly happy with thumb shifters I also swapped them out also and the hdb brakes to all in one Shimano Hone combo brake/shifters, shifters still cable operated but simply requires an up or down touch with the tops or the underside of the fingers, brakes remain as hydraulic.
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