# the return of the bad handlebar thread
**URL:** https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075
**Category:** Bikes
**Created:** [August 19, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075 "2019-08-19T22:25:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@drwelby](https://tarck.cc/u/drwelby)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/1 "2019-08-19T22:25:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Master\_Stabby](https://tarck.cc/u/Master_Stabby)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/2 "2019-08-19T22:27:06Z")
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### Author:  [@viggen](https://tarck.cc/u/viggen)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/3 "2019-09-18T12:46:00Z")
I just puked a ton in my mouth…
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### Author:  [@Rusty\_Piton](https://tarck.cc/u/Rusty_Piton)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/4 "2019-09-18T14:26:40Z")
That looks like a torture device.
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### Author:  [@igor](https://tarck.cc/u/igor)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/5 "2019-09-18T15:44:50Z")
Pack it in folks, i think we’ve reached peak gravel.
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### Author:  [@drwelby](https://tarck.cc/u/drwelby)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/6 "2019-09-18T15:55:41Z")
the vertical mouse of handlebars
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### Author:  [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/7 "2019-09-18T15:56:45Z")
If he’s going to offer something so grotesque, that should be the only bar on all of Tom Ritchey’s personal bicycles until the end of time.
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Squirrel](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/8 "2019-09-18T16:41:50Z")
> [@asterisk](#):
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> that should be the only bar on all of Tom Ritchey’s personal bicycles until the end of time
[https://imgur.com/gallery/X5FWc](https://imgur.com/gallery/X5FWc)
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### Author:  [@cheese](https://tarck.cc/u/cheese)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/9 "2019-09-18T18:17:05Z")
but it has aero tops and champ stripes, it must be good
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### Author:  [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/10 "2019-09-18T23:23:48Z")
That’s definitely for the “I use all three positions on my handlebars” set.
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### Author:  [@jdsmooth](https://tarck.cc/u/jdsmooth)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/11 "2019-09-19T14:27:33Z")
So I had these old On-One Midge things from last decade and got curious. Put them on my Radlawn, but feck I ran out of twine.
After 30 min spin: Not terrible in the drops. My hoods don’t seem optimal either. Lots of space for forearms on tops, for sphinxing. Steering is great; far better than expected (cuz lo trail).
[ ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPhrB5m7lTGgTh6aZDJO69BvBrScgXN7RCAx5h94I2ApSxiAeLbenvKW__iL2a5jQ?key=YmJWQi1MVi14cFYtRVJhMktrcF82cHZIcFNmdW5R)
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### Author:  [@spaghetti](https://tarck.cc/u/spaghetti)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/12 "2019-09-27T00:12:49Z")
This is OC
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### Author:  [@drwelby](https://tarck.cc/u/drwelby)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/13 "2019-09-27T00:41:28Z")
The feral kid grew up?
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### Author:  [@JUGE\_FREDD](https://tarck.cc/u/JUGE_FREDD)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/14 "2019-09-27T01:51:02Z")
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### Author:  [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/15 "2019-10-02T15:36:54Z")
A $125 … steel cruiser bar?
> **[Persuader Bar Presale (Arrives End of October) — Tumbleweed Bicycle Co.](http://www.tumbleweed.cc/store/persuader)**
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> The Persuader is a handlebar focused on comfort. Wide and tough, it comes in 800mm and 840mm widths, clear coated raw or ED coated black finish. It’s got a 50mm rise and a super comfy 30 degree back sweep. Made of triple butted Chromoly steel, it...
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### Author:  [@anon24974279](https://tarck.cc/u/anon24974279)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/16 "2019-10-02T16:15:28Z")
Reminds me of these soma bars I tried. Did not like. [https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/product/soma-handlebar-dream-riser-2186?category=977](https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/product/soma-handlebar-dream-riser-2186?category=977)
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### Author:  [@JUGE\_FREDD](https://tarck.cc/u/JUGE_FREDD)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/17 "2019-10-03T04:34:44Z")
but this one is 31.8 which was surely expensive and difficult
all so your minimum stem length can be longer and more expensive too
and steel handlebars surely weren’t already waaay too stiff in skinny diameters
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### Author:  [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/18 "2019-10-03T14:21:12Z")
> [@JUGE\_FREDD](#):
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@BicyclePears this could benefit from illustration?
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### Author:  [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/19 "2019-10-03T17:33:17Z")
How are you going to lecture people about ‘steel is real’ with aluminum bars?
Side note, why are pinion shifters still so ugly?
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Squirrel](https://tarck.cc/u/Andrew_Squirrel)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/the-return-of-the-bad-handlebar-thread/23075/20 "2019-10-03T19:08:39Z")
Looks like that is a Rohloff shifter:
[https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifters/rohloff-14speed-handlebar-twistshifter-light-for-speedhub-50014-wave-design-8206/?geoc=US](https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifters/rohloff-14speed-handlebar-twistshifter-light-for-speedhub-50014-wave-design-8206/?geoc=US)
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