I wouldn't go so far as to say **** handling, but the leverage part sure works for me when I'm out out of the saddle. Of course, I'm only talking about the range from 40 to 44 cm, nothing too radical.Originally Posted by danfoz .
My one observation: reducing handlebar width from your given natural, while possibly resulting in better aerodynamics, is the quickest way to achieve **** handling. Wider handlebars give better leverage. That is my story and I am sticking to it.
and gianni bugnooldbobcat said:. My epitomes of elegance are, in no particular order, Francesco Moser, Greg LeMond, Laurent Fignon, Roger DeVlaeminck, Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Ercole Baldini, Hugo Koblet, and Fabian Cancellara. Some would say that I'm from another time.
Sometimes drinking makes me passionate and possibly lends to more embelishment using the fecally oriented adjectives. However while sober I am still of the opinion, gained through personal experience, that if your natural width is a C-C42 or O-O44, and you tempt aerodynamic fate by trying out a 38C-C on your local downhill run you'll come back with a +1. /img/vbsmilies/smilies/wink.gifOriginally Posted by oldbobcat .
I wouldn't go so far as to say **** handling, but the leverage part sure works for me when I'm out out of the saddle. Of course, I'm only talking about the range from 40 to 44 cm, nothing too radical.
What if you just place your hands in a narrow stance on a CC-44? I think a better way to go faster downhill would be to hold off braking in corners until you see the face of your dear fluffy lord (whatever god that would be), and then count to three. Then apply the brakes. If nothing else, that will, over time, help increase the tone of one's anus.danfoz said:Sometimes drinking makes me passionate and possibly lends to more embelishment using the fecally oriented adjectives. However while sober I am still of the opinion, gained through personal experience, that if your natural width is a C-C42 or O-O44, and you tempt aerodynamic fate by trying out a 38C-C on your local downhill run you'll come back with a +1.Â
OIh c'mon. Everyone needs to go deep enough into a corner and fast enough, at least once, to leave a little bit of poopee in their shorts.danfoz said:Flying Spaghetti Monster? But whatever it takes to keep me Depends free in my golden years...
Aaaaargh, My eyes! But how you say? It was the 80's lol. The above is the mullet equivalent of handlebar styles.Originally Posted by oldbobcat .
The evolution of handlebar shapes and widths could be an interesting study in itself. Someday maybe someone will explain to me how those great old Cinelli and 3T bends became superseded by stuff like this:
Not that I'm complaining now that we have "compact" bars. I just wish they weren't quite so compact.
That's my bar!! It's not quite as ugly when wrapped up:
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