terraskye

Just beautiful....

jtso23

I like the rise of North Roads but the more straight back/parallel position of the ends of moustache bars. Basically I'm looking for North Roads that don't flair out so much on the ends or moustache bars with more of a rise.

On another note, any idea what this handlebar is?

Roll-Monroe-Co

You want "3-speed" bars ... basically a north road with parallel or nearly parallel grips and maybe a bit deeper bend. Soma makes them in aluminium or you can pull a steel pair off any Huffy Sea Pines.

jtso23

Thanks those Somas look great. Just ordered some.

wrk101

Reviving an old thread, just finished my first NR flipped bar bike. I had a set that came from a Fuji Sagres mixte, thought it might give this 1983 Takara mixte a different look.

We'll see how the market responds.






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rootboy 

I flipped my mustache bars once, but it didn't go over well here. And I agree. They don't lend themselves to flipping as well as north roads.

Italuminium

Nice revival thread, and it turns out there's something where Sheldon Brown was wrong!

noglider 

I'm short legged and long waisted. I like North Road bars, but I'm thinking of putting on a stem with a long extension on my three-speed. Short cockpits bug me.

I had North Roads on my Super Course for a while. The bike is slightly small for me, which normally doesn't bother me. I flipped them so the grips were low. It was terrible. The reach was short, and the drop brought the grips low, which did not compensate for the short reach.

Handlebar fit is really an interesting and (seemingly) inexact science. There's much more to it than I thought.

My latest project that I've been working on is my Raleigh Twenty. That model starts out as a terrible bike but is very modifiable to a very good bike. I'm getting close to a nice position on it.

I bought my Bianchi Volpe cheap on craigslist a couple of years ago. I bought it on a whim, without any serious plans for it, and it turns out to be the best fitting bike I ever had. I've been meaning to take extensive measurements on it. I'll see if I can replicate the fit on my other bikes. Maybe there will be some benefit to that.

balindamood

I see a trend here. North Road, Mustache...next...

JBC353

Now that's looks really good. Although I could do without the red.

lasauge 

I love those red cables, they look just right on that frame.

I use flipped north roads with STI levers on my regular commuter. As seen this past winter:

An old picture:

wrk101

Thanks. On a bike with a blah color, I like a contrast that will pop. The head decal was a red "T". My way of thinking, there were three choices: black (no pop), neon green (lots of pop, but no tie-in with the frame), or red. I considered bar tape instead of the grips, that would have added more color for sure.

Before picture, what you can't really see are the rusted derailleurs, cable clamps, small parts, shot wheel cones, rusty cables, stuck stem, etc. The Centurion DLX will probably get the Takara's stem and bars, as it has steel bars (ugh):

bibliobob

Question:

I have a really cool frame that's slightly too small for me. I also just picked up a nice used set of NR bars. Are they a good fit for a frame on the small side? If so, I assume not in the flipped position?

Cheers,
Bob

Italuminium

It's rather dependent on the angle of your back. The more upright you are, the less stuff in the horizontal plane matters. if you want to build a fast-upright bike with your back in a plenty sharp angle, the frame may be too small (I don't know what the difference is between this frame and your other rides), but if you just want an upright cruiser with your back almost 90 degrees, you'll be fine.

bibliobob

Thanks. It's only about 2 cm. smaller than my normal size, and I do have a long stem. I'll just have to play around a bit...

norskagent

phillippe city bars on my zeus. Not exactly north roads but the hand position is similar to flipped north roads.