Recommendation for long handlebars... 26"+ ?
03-26-09, 11:44 AM
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Recommendation for long handlebars... 26"+ ?
I'm looking for a handlebar in the 26"+ range (and also fairly inexpensive). The availability of these long bars seems pretty slim. I've found the FSA line so far... any others that people can suggest?
03-26-09, 11:52 AM
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Try some motorcycle handlebars.
There are more than one common sizes, you might need to shop around, but I'm sure there are some that fit the same size stem and grips as bicycles....
There are more than one common sizes, you might need to shop around, but I'm sure there are some that fit the same size stem and grips as bicycles....
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element technic - nickel wide flat bar 760mm (29.9")- it's a downhill/freeride bar
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=32422
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=32422
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Take it this is a mountain bike and just keep looking.
In Flat bars- I never really found anything over a 25" bar but that was a few years ago- But on riser bars- I have only bought two. One for the tandem that had to be downhill spec to take the punishment- and the other for the MTB and that is a "Titec". Both came off the shelf of my LBS and are 27" wide.
Link to lots of riser bars- many of them wide.
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/C...entPageIndex=1
In Flat bars- I never really found anything over a 25" bar but that was a few years ago- But on riser bars- I have only bought two. One for the tandem that had to be downhill spec to take the punishment- and the other for the MTB and that is a "Titec". Both came off the shelf of my LBS and are 27" wide.
Link to lots of riser bars- many of them wide.
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/C...entPageIndex=1
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