Morning all, I've just managed to break the handlebars on my Surly (stood up to climb and when I pulled on the hoods the rh bar suddenly started flexing alarmingly :-o. ) And so I am looking for a replacement pair.
For those that don't know it, the Long Haul Trucker is a heavy duty tourer, I want to keep drops, and wondered if a CX set might provide more strength.
Any suggestions?
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new handlebars- CX?
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Posted 11 years ago #
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That sounds a bit alarming, glad to hear it didn't result in an off. I'm afraid I am unable to offer recommendations, I've never paid much attention to bars other than how they fit. I wouldn't expect an undamaged bar to fail in normal use.
Posted 11 years ago # -
I would imagine the strongest bars are for track bikes, but their shape isn't that suitable for brake/STI levers.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Yeah I felt the flex and eased up immediately before anything to unpleasant could happen :-)
It's on bar end shifters (as it uses mountainbike gears, wheels etc) so my choice is pretty open, not a fan of the shape of some track bars I've seen but will have a wee look around.Posted 11 years ago # -
I was surprised to see a note on my 'care' instructions for my Whyte CX bike stating that "Due to the light weight" of my handle bars that they should be replaced every 2 years. Never seen anything like that before.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Have a look at the On-One website. I've haven't heard of any problems with their bars and they're cheap, cheerful, and come in a range of questionable shapes.
I take it it's definitely not just the brake lever shifting? You mentioned pulling on the hoods...
Posted 11 years ago # -
I've two sets of drops I'm not using at the moment if you want some thinking-time to choose a fancy replacement. Both about 42cm, both old-style rounded rather than flattened ergo, both normal-size stem clamp diameter, one black and one plain metal.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Been there, done that... It's... disconcerting....
Despite that break I'm still a Nitto fan. My Moustache were Nitto (currently waiting to see if a frame will come along that they can go on), and the Nitto Randonneur drops I have on the CX bike are great. A wee variety of widths - I'm monstrously wide, about 50cm, which gives great leverage (which is one benefit for CX), and given my reach is lovely and comfy.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Thanks chaps for all the advice and Winpig for the extremely generous offer. Def the bar twisting as I could see the flex in the bar end :-o
I think I'll have a wee look around the on-one website and see what I can pick up (not least because I'm too lazy to tape up bars and associated cables any more often than I can help, and I have other bikes to use meantime :-)).
Technically I fit around a 38cm wide bar (which is what I have on my road bike, and like), but the Surly gets used on tracks, and with a kiddie trailer or seat, so I had 42cm on and will probably stick with that, seems pretty monstrously wide to me ;-) 50cm should come with warning triangles for the outside edges lolPosted 11 years ago #
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