New bars installed on commuting/touring bike.

[betty swollocks]

Giving these a whirl this morning

 

[Joffey]

They look big!!!

 

[lazybloke]

headset bearings seized? No need to clean or replace them, just use MORE leverage

 

[I like Skol]

Genuine question. What are you trying to achieve with those?

They look like a lot of excess metal and would appear to put the hands/wrists in an awkward and uncomfortable position. They also look fugly IMO but I will readily admit that everyone's tastes are different. Is the front portion meant to be an alternative hand position, kind of like tri-bars but not?

 

[mjr]

They look like a lot of excess metal and would appear to put the hands/wrists in an awkward and uncomfortable position.

You what? It looks like the classic comfortable North Road positions, but with an extra front tri-or-accessories loop. I'd worry about the weld, but I've cracked bars in a crash.

There's a bit of variation in how one's hands fall naturally, but you can tell people who would suit North Roads because they point the hoods on drop bars slightly inwards. Alternatively, sit a distance away from a desk (at the correct height), lean forwards slightly and then swing your arms up so that your hands just rest on the edge of the desk - do you find it more comfortable with your thumbs to the inside with hands tilting inwards (North Road or hoods inwards) or fingers nearly one above the other (Porters or hoods straight)?

 

[biggs682]

Must admit i have some butterfly bars i keep meaning to fit but can never find just the right bike

 

[Spiderweb]

I can only see those bars causing wrist pain due to the unnatural position, they are also likely to interfere with your knees when turning.

 

[mjr]

I can only see those bars causing wrist pain due to the unnatural position, they are also likely to interfere with your knees when turning.

Are your hands on at right angles to normal or something? And I don't think they're quite swept enough to get the way of the knees for 99.9% of turns (you'd need to be almost stopped to turn more, hence not pedalling, hence no knee-banging) and even if they were, you get used to putting your knee outside the bars for one or two pedal revs, like I do with Porter bars.

 

[betty swollocks]

Impression after first ride. I love them......
They replaced straight bars which had too much of a tiller effect when going slow uphill - I meandered all over the place. Now I don't.
They bring my hands closer to me, so I'm a little more upright and less bent over. I like this.
Main hand position i.e. holding the grips, feels entirely natural: the Rohloff twist grip is very easy to operate and the brake levers are within easy and instinctive reach. No wrist pain.
There's no knee contact.
Lots of alternative hand positions and space to put lights and other gadgets.
I may have just found my perfect position.

 

[betty swollocks]

headset bearings seized? No need to clean or replace them, just use MORE leverage

 

[mjr]

Main hand position i.e. holding the grips, feels entirely natural: the Rohloff twist grip is very easy to operate and the brake levers are within easy and instinctive reach.

Have you tilted the levers far enough that you can only just see them over the top of the bars from your usual sitting position? I can't tell from the angle of the photo. I find that much more comfortable, but so many people have their flat bar levers almost horizontal in front.

 

[Twizit]

They certainly look "interesting" but if you find them comfortable and they do the job, then go for it and who cares what others thing. Judging by the jersey in your avatar you know what you're doing on a bike

 

[betty swollocks]

Have you tilted the levers far enough that you can only just see them over the top of the bars from your usual sitting position? I can't tell from the angle of the photo. I find that much more comfortable, but so many people have their flat bar levers almost horizontal in front.

Brake levers are sticking out straight in front pretty much, but tilted down a bit.

 

[betty swollocks]

They certainly look "interesting" but if you find them comfortable and they do the job, then go for it and who cares what others thing. Judging by the jersey in your avatar you know what you're doing on a bike

Thank you. I do.
That jersey was for three times up Ventoux in one day.
It was a memorable day.

 

[Twizit]

That jersey was for three times up Ventoux in one day.
It was a memorable day.

I'm being coy - I recognise the jersey as being remarkably similar to one in my wardrobe at home. Funny enough I don't remember much about that day... although the pain is just about a distant memory now...