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Old 09-17-19, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by tricky
For sure. Lots of people put north road bars or other upright bars on road bikes. That is reason Velo Orange has a whole line of these types of bars.

Blog post: https://velo-orange.com/pages/flat-a...ebar-selection
Their section of their store for just this type of bar: https://velo-orange.com/collections/...d-upright-bars
That looks perfect - do you folks have any insight as to whether it would be better to convert an old road bike, or a mountain bike? Would I be better off with a smaller frame and longer seatpost + higher stem or a larger frame and more rearward sweep of the bars?
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