Anyone ride “alternative” style bars?

[veggieburger]

On our road bikes, we usually use drop bars. On mountain bikes, flat bars or slight risers. But what about the moustache bar? Jones H-bar? Personally I have one bike in my stable that rocks the nitto moustache with downtube shifters...and I love it. Have been considering trying Velo Orange Crazy Bars, just for fun.


Anyone else ride alternative bars exclusively? Something a little out of the ordinary?

[merlinmurph]

We just had a bike built for my wife and it has porteur-style bars. She wanted an upright position and these bars were suggested by the builder. She seems to like them.

[Doug Fattic]

Yes I made this frame and assembled it into a bicycle this year. I built most of it as a demonstration in one of my framebuilding classes. A new bike trail was recently built close to me and this is perfect for a quick ride getting some fresh air. I can just go with my regular clothes without the need for putting on the whole cycling kit. It is like the equivalent of taking a walk. Most of the time I'm riding slower than 10 miles an hour. I ride it about 4 miles total every week to church too unless it recently snowed. Because i'm going slow I can wear my heavy winter jacket.

This is a lightweight version of the charity bikes we make for pastors in Ukraine. Those are built for strength and endurance and not speed. This one has 700 X 38 tires. It has a generator front hub with a Plant Bike headlight. The rear Topeak trunk slides easily onto their rear rack. An Abus ring lock is more than good enough to prevent an impulse steal in Niles. I do have a chain that can attach to the lock if I'm going someplace that requires extra security.

My wife rode it recently and changed her mind from wanting a road bike with wider tires to one like this with upright bars. Hers will have the Nitto "North Road" handlebars. She already has a kind of hybrid bike I made here with MTB type of bars. She realized after her test ride that M shaped handlebars are more comfortable. The Dutch have it right.

This bike is not a replacement to my road bikes but just broadens my usage to a different kind of riding.

[jtakeda]

I have some Ahearne Map bars with thumbies for the townie. Love em

[thew]

I liked the split personality that properly positioned mustache bars gave my commuter back when I still had a commute. Lean down into the hooks in the am when I’m running late for work; slip back up to the ends in the pm for a leisurely cruise home.

[Ken Robb]

I like moustache bars with bar end shifters.

[Frankwurst]

I ride Nitto Albatross bars on a couple of bikes and have Bossco's with Suntour bar end shifters on my Specialized stumpy with a Paul flat bed rack. I like upright bars enough that I'll probably go all in with them. It doesn't matter if I ride drops or uprights my speed stays the same. Slow.

[RudAwkning]

Originally Posted by jtakeda

I have some Ahearne Map bars with thumbies for the townie. Love em

Love these bars.

[Roger M]

I am new to mustache bars this year. I bought this Gitane Tour de France over the summer, and swapped out the bars. It is a nice change up from drop bars.

[kiwisimon]

I use Scott AT4 bars on my SS CX bike.
Re the photo:: I saw the photographer and I gave her a smile, it was also on a climb and being SS I needed two hands on the bars and my arse off the saddle. Talk about timing.
Sure enough the snot photo bombed me. Who hasn't had a snotty nose?

[veggieburger]

Originally Posted by kiwisimon

I use Scott AT4 bars on my SS CX bike.
Re the photo:: I saw the photographer and I gave her a smile, it was also on a climb and being SS I needed two hands on the bars and my arse off the saddle. Talk about timing.
Sure enough the snot photo bombed me. Who hasn't had a snotty nose?

Great(?) picture!

[2metalhips]

I've used On One Mary bars for 12 years on rigid mtb's. Much more natural position for the hands than straight mtb bars imo.

[RWL2222]

The Surly Open Bar works well for me and I dug out a set of old set of cut-down Specialized bar-ends, placed in-board to make an alternative hand position for steep climbs and chilly descents. I bought a set of Koga Denham bars but realized with the Surly/bar-end combo would suffice.

[Smitty2k1]

Originally Posted by RWL2222

The Surly Open Bar works well for me and I dug out a set of old set of cut-down Specialized bar-ends, placed in-board to make an alternative hand position for steep climbs and chilly descents. I bought a set of Koga Denham bars but realized with the Surly/bar-end combo would suffice.

This is what I'm doing. I got a pair of VO Curvy Bars that I'm going to attach bar ends to the inside. Tried the VO Granola Bar but it made the reach too short.

Also going to experiment changing the trigger shifters to thumbbies. But I think the cables may get in the way of the inner bar ends.

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