Briancollins

Hello all.
Do any of you ride a new or vintage ride with mustache bars ?
I seldom use the drops on my vintage Masi and was wondering if any of you ride a bike with mustache bars on a regular basis.
Thoughts or feedback on your riding experience would be welcome.
Thanks!

clubman 

It's been a topic of discussion many times here, which could be googled. It's safe to say that a fairly small percentage like them and the rest don't. Most of us have dabbled with them and usually revert back to something traditional or different. Not to say Moustache bars don't have a long history.
It's why you don't see many in our photos. And almost certainly not on a Masi.

52telecaster

I have used them but generally did so with them upside down. My goal was to alleviate pain in my neck. The great thing about them is standard road levers work. Ultimately I have switched to porteur bars which make me very comfortable.

delbiker1 

I do have mustache bars on one bike that I rarely ride. I am not really a fan of the one I have. An alternate bar I really like is the Velo-Orange Porteur bar. I have one on 2 bikes with 10 speed brifters. For me, it is very comfortable, not too wide, and having the levers where I do makes for a lot of hand positions and not much movement for shifting or braking. This set up has given some relief to chronic spinal issues, and an arthritic left thumb.

https://velo-orange.com/collections/...eur-bar-config

Two sizes and the 23.8 size comes in silver or black, but you may have to check on Ebay for the black. In the below picture, I have the bar inverted to give a 15mm rise. Normally they are mounted with a 15mm drop, which I have on a Poprad. I like the rise better.

52telecaster

Me and you both on the porteur.

Jeff Neese

Although not true mustache bars, I love my Soma Oxfords (clone of the Nitto Albatross) on my '89 Trek 970 MTB. They're basically mustache bars with a longer back section. Nitto sells a few varieties, including one called the Albastache, a cross between the Albatross and their regular mustache bars. Most of the popular ones have video reviews on Youtube.

I find that in the hands-forward position, I have just as much control, especially controlled braking, as with drops. Maybe better. The back part is great for more upright "cruising" and in between is great for climbing. Wrists are always at a comfortable angle. I've tried a lot of different handlebar setups on this bike, and just prior to this it had drop bars, but these are better, for this bike and the type of riding I do. I'm not tempted to swap out my other two drop bar bikes, but I might replace the flat bars on my Rockhopper with another set of these.

mrv 

i tried mustache bars - the right way (see first pic below), flipped them so they became "priest bars" (so I was told) and never liked them. if you want the bars to come back to get comfortable, they do not do that. They don't come back past the stem, so you're always that far forward.
Eventually I put VO Postinos on the same bike, .... maybe a shorter stem? not sure. see the second photo.

i also have Albatross bars on my schwinn. those sweep way back, so pretty up right if that's what you want. and I got - i think - Tourist bars on my Miyata.
if you want some like side by side photos, let me know.



'Stache bars - if you're using bar ends, probably a good way to go.


postino bars. sweep back more than 'stach bars. i think

Albatross bars - X-treme comfort -- but bad for bar end shifters.

panzerwagon 

I’ve got a couple so far and I love ‘em.





Yup, that’s next on my list.