Thinking about putting some "road risers" on my MTB
08-23-13, 04:15 PM
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Thinking about putting some "road risers" on my MTB
Was looking at these:
Discuss.
Discuss.
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08-23-13, 04:36 PM
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At your age a more upright posture would probably be nice. 
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08-23-13, 07:22 PM
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Never heard a riser bar called a 'road riser' before, but risers are all but standard on 26" & 650b MTB's. Not ridden off road with a flat bar for several years now.
08-23-13, 09:10 PM
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Mmmmm, champagne!
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I don't like truly flat bars-- never have, never will. The main thing I like about 'riser' bars is that nearly all of them sweep up and back. 8 or 9 degrees back is awesome. 
08-26-13, 12:45 PM
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Me neither... all my MTBs have riser bars... I fel like I have more control over handling with a riser than flat bar...
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08-26-13, 12:57 PM
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Some of these would finish the transition really well. They work best if the point straight up, better torque!
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08-26-13, 01:05 PM
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^^ Get those evil abominations out of my thread before I give you a 24-hour ban to ponder your sin.
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I get why people want and use bar ends but... long story short, fell down a cliff, my inner thigh (you know that soft fleshy spot) landed on the bar end. Drove it straight to the bone. Had a hematoma the size of a grapefruit on my inner thigh for almost a year before it was absorbed. Sexy!!!!
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I would hook those bar-ends on a tree and then it would be over & out.
D, my wife likes those Deity bars you suggested. You need a set.
D, my wife likes those Deity bars you suggested. You need a set.
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I get why people want and use bar ends but... long story short, fell down a cliff, my inner thigh (you know that soft fleshy spot) landed on the bar end. Drove it straight to the bone. Had a hematoma the size of a grapefruit on my inner thigh for almost a year before it was absorbed. Sexy!!!!
I'd think Ergons wouldn't be all that stabby/core samply.
I prefer no barends, myself, unless offroad/dirtroad touring.
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sounds like an N+1 in the making ...? I remember messing with my MTB bars for road use and it was a long expensive arduous journey to the road bikes I use now. might want to save yourself the same and just get another bike! 
as for bar ends ... never again
as for bar ends ... never again
08-26-13, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dminus
^^ Get those evil abominations out of my thread before I give you a 24-hour ban to ponder your sin.
A local DHer is selling his riser bar and going back to flat. Doesn't look that bad. He wants $30 for his riser.
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I have one rig with flat bar and one with risers.
I go to the risers if I wanna ride wheelies!
I go to the risers if I wanna ride wheelies!
08-26-13, 03:37 PM
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Would like but they are the wrong brand; would not make points with sponsor.
Poll: bar ends are for:
This thread is developing in a funny and interesting way . . .
Poll: bar ends are for:
- Hangers for teh grocery bags
- Bicycle jousting tournaments
- Workshop coat trees
- All of the above
This thread is developing in a funny and interesting way . . .
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I think you'd be plenty happy with those.Also speaking of your sponsors, I tumbled off a bluff recently and ripped the heck out of a pair of Pearl Izumi shorts-- the pocket snagged on something pointy. I was lamenting my lack of decent shorts last night and it dawned on me that I didn't have any shorts remotely close to as good as my Royal SP 247 pants.
Solution: https://www.artscyclery.com/Royal_Rac...e-RRSP247.html
Now if I can just beat my wife home the day they're delivered, I can put them in drawer with the rest of my gear and carry on like I've always had them.
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Bar ends are like bull's horns... nuff said...
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08-26-13, 04:02 PM
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I was lamenting my lack of decent shorts last night and it dawned on me that I didn't have any shorts remotely close to as good as my Royal SP 247 pants . . .
Now if I can just beat my wife home the day they're delivered, I can put them in drawer with the rest of my gear and carry on like I've always had them.
Now if I can just beat my wife home the day they're delivered, I can put them in drawer with the rest of my gear and carry on like I've always had them.
I use the stealth approach all the time to get new goodies in the house. Wife runs across an empty box after it's home and asks, "What did you get this time?"
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