The Next Bike Trend No One is Talking About
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Published 2024-04-09
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All Comments (21)
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I am glad to see more manufacturers addressing the everyday cyclist and not just the racer.
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I’m personally into the “cruiser” handlebars. They are particularly useful at converting any size vintage bike (especially beaters that are essentially free) to fit your size without real mechanical work
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I think the industry has recognized the fact that a large segment of the customer base wants a comfortable riding experience over anything else. That can be fairly subjective given everyone has different body shapes and sizes, so I'm super glad to see so many options out there.
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As a tall rider I run into not having enough stack on nearly every OEM bike which is why I built up my own Surly so that the steeper could be run uncut. The redshift top shelf bar would be great on my road bike because as you mentioned, losing the dexterity as you age is a really thing.
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Tried everything from 25 to 45 degrees backsweep inc Mary bars, Mike bars, OG bars, Jones copies, and have settled comfortably on Albatross type bars - transformed my hand/wrist comfort with the added bonus of multiple hand positions. And imo, they look cool as...
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The standard drop bars that came on my gravel bike aggravated an old injury in my shoulder. I'm running Surly Moloko bars now and I really appreciate the wider grip and room for lights, cell phone, water bottle holder and bike computer mount.
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The more the better! It's great to see the option to tune one's bike to more specific needs. Also it looks like that redshift bar gives space to mount other accessories in the center, even with a bag...
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A lot of these bars/stems seem to try to solve an issue with bicycle frame design for the non-racing consumer. Especially on road and gravel race bikes, there is too much reach and not enough stack for a given frame. So for people with less flexibility, or longer legs and shorter torsos, it's a struggle to get a good fit.
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I love all the new options. I just bought a kitchen sink with the loop, and I’m excited for some extra bar space and more comfortable grips and hand position options. Thanks for sharing these
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I am a big fan of Alt Bars. At age 73 I replaced my stem with a RedShift +30 degree stem and Surly Moloko Bars when I converted my Domane to a gravel bike with 700x40mm wheels/tires. Now, after thousands of miles I really appreciate how it improved my control on all surfaces. I like being able to have a good grip on the bar at all times and haven't been bounced off yet.
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I have a Condor 2 on my road bike, it has a carbon fork and came with just enough steerer exposed to mount the stem with 1 spacer. The Condor got the bars up where I want them but its hard to even mount a light on that thing due to the shape, let alone a bag. Definitely gonna be getting the Redshift bar for it, will solve a lot of problems.
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Just went from straight MTB bars to a BBB Multibar ("butterfly"). Being able to move the hands around and getting small changes to the sitting position is great. As with specialized bikes, there are bars for specific purposes. But for longer and everyday rides, something like the "alt bars" seem better. Comfort on a bike is rather important.
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i run bullhorns as an urban rider because i like a narrow width, but even still i have a full stack of spacers and a tall, slack stem. if nothing else, getting more upright makes me feel so much more aware of my surroundings
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I think that redshift bar is pretty cool too as it gives you more mounting real estate for gps, lights, go-pros, etc.
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Nice, I ordered one last week, for me, it's an additional benefit in that it legally requires drivers to pass wider, ie the 1.5 metres starts at the outside of the bike
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just installed this bar 2.75 due to age ,back issues ,loss of flexibility. GAME CHANGER!!! much more comfort and bar bag is mounted more levelly as well.. glad i did it
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Thing I really would like to see is roughly speaking classic drop handlebar, without massive flare, but with very small reach and drop. Sub 60/sub 95mm. Very handy (no pun intended) for people with small hands like me. And with good range of sizes, like 38cm to 46cm...
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I am using the Redshift bar to do a Mountain Bike to Gravel Bike conversion, another usage. Especially, with a bike with a long top tube and reach.
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Have alt bars on all my bikes. Jones, Soma and Salsa. Like the Ritchey having more straight tube at clamp, can now use headlight and phone next to clamp
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I'm still using a pair of "old school" 640mm 7075 aluminum Titec H👹llbent risers from 2009🤘🤘
