The tyre section suggests it's more of a XC or gravel bike, so multiple hand positions might be de rigueur.
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i saw a suggestion on line that it was intended to resolve difficulties for people with two many bits on their handlebars....i'm sure they weren't thinking of anyone on here....
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My brain hurts. Need pictures from more angles.
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Is this by Gillette? If so, it's only going to end when we reach the quintuple handlebar.
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just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
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@Morningsider
Liking it. We can all stick as hipster cut-throat Luddites.
@unhurt
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It's clearly designed for those who bought super slammed stem bikes when they don't have the flexibility to actually ride them. THis solution is cheaper than replacing the bike/the shame/crippling back pain.
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It's like trendy butterfly bars
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Spotted Uberuce this evening in disguise, standing at a bus stop, waiting on a bus.
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@arellcat, did he have @srd's book?
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@amir I used to have those! I assumed they were amazingly uncool though, only older tourers seemed to have them...
@ARobComp just need an extra "the" and "the bike/the shame/the crippling back pain" scans very nicely.
@iwrats I don't even know what to think. I mean. Maybe it's practical but it's also horrifyingly fussy and all different widths and seems... Way too SPECIFIC?
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Way too SPECIFIC?
Yes this is bike componentry as car componentry. I'd like a stem for a 2018 Canyon Grail please etc.
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In Glasgow last night: a drunk man entering a taxi carrying an open, steaming pot noodle and with a plastic fork held between his teeth. Not my first choice of taxi home snack...
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He has more faith in Glasgow's taxi drivers and road surfaces than I do, anyway.
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The cyclist who pulled up next to me at Morningside Junction this afternoon turned out to @david.nutter.
We made a distinctive pair. I was on Horton the EB, wearing wellies, a large waxed jacket and a woolly beanie hat. He had muddy rigger boots and was clad head-to-toe in road menders' waterproof hi-viz with reflective stripes. At least his bike was a bit nimbler than mine.
We exchanged pleasantries while waiting for the lights to change, and then he disappeared off into the distance in front of me.
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...and to explain, I was dressed as I was because I was going to Waitrose (for pretzels and beer, amongst other things) and Bike Morningside (to pick up a wheel which had been there to have its two embarrassingly loose spokes sorted). Does that explain the attire?
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No.
Perhaps the severe weather??
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I have butterfly/touring bars and I can confirm that they are achingly untrendy but unachingly comfy for those of us who are frightened of drop handlebars. Someone who shall remain nameless suggested they made a bike look a bit special needs.
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Someone who shall remain nameless suggested they made a bike look a bit special needs.
I don't remember saying that.
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I borrowed a loaner from the cycle service the other day. it had these grips: https://www.extrauk.co.uk/product/list/Ergon/Grips/
i think i will get some for my folder. really comfy. you can steer mainly through the heel of your hand.
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I have similar grips on my weekend bike and they are the bees knees.
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I put Ergons on both my Brompton and the crank forward. They are superb grips.
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@IWRATS - that's because it wasn't you (but clearly you think it ...)
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@sallyhinch
The Nobel prize for neurology awaits anyone who can clearly establish my thoughts.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Greenroofer - do you have a pair of gargantuan silver panniers attached to your EB? I mean HUGE - pretty sure I could sit in one. If so then (1) spotted outside Bike Monringside and (2) what happens when it gets windy?
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It's like the dual-stem system I mentioned to @IWRATS at PY.
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what happens when it gets windy?
Not even the wind at the top of Waverley Steps can escape the gravitational pull of an Elephant Bike.
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@Morningsider - yes, that was my bike you spotted. I concur with Arellcat that nothing can withstand the gravitational pull of the EB, but I am not totally loving the enormous panniers. As you rightly point out, the flaps aren't secured by more than a bit of velcro, so they do tend to flap rather in the wind.
Certainly I wouldn't go out in the rain with them unless what was inside the panniers was waterproof.
They were surprisingly cheap, though...
Posted 7 years ago # -
Spotted @kaputnik twice in the space of a few minutes this afternoon. The first time offered some very wise advice about how to stop my pannier flapping (see above) and I am now off to spend money to implement his solution. The second time, he came flying past and disappeared into the distance. Unlike me, he wasn't on an Elephant Bike.
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