the return of the bad handlebar thread

Sized for both, the curved parts are road size, straight part is 7/8"

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The idea of mustache bars is always in the back of my head. I want them to work.

make the center section wider, then give them very aggressive downsweep. slap some road levers on them on the bendy parts and they work a treat

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I feel like long ago you and I sent the same pair of nitto moustaches back and forth multiple times trying to make them work

I’m pretty sure you have to be a bearded boomer for them to work.

I think so. Were they black?

I dunno it’s fine I guess :eye:

I tried two types of moustache bars back in the day–the ones that came stock on the orange Bridgestone XO-1 and the flat-bar-compatible ones that GP spec’d on the XO-2 (don’t recall the model years). Hated ‘em both. Would have much preferred drops, which is somewhat ironic, because I all but stopped using drop bars when I discovered Jones’ H-Bars.

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About once a week I start dithering on replacing the drop bars on my LHT with Jones bars but I already have 2 bikes with Jones bars so that might be enough

I love them levers

Is that a long boi version?

i would really like my speed dial levers to be that long on my fake jones setup

is there a detailed tutorial somewhere or should just find long levers i like?

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This is what Tim said in the post:

turned them into fullhand levers with some cheap saccon levers. drilled new holes to get less pull with the saccon’s. put in longer M4 screws into the avid body.

He’s a great insta-follow making bags, racks and all kinds of hackery seemingly without any welding?

making his steerer mount front rack with something that goes down to the front crown hole is a goal of mine. or something that goes down from the bars and braces on the steerer.

wouldn’t be super strong but would be neat/fun

Looks like cheapish OEM stuff

Ok “bum bars” whatever, but… how do you stop?

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007 probably looked a little better in the Aston Martin :man_shrugging:

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Bars, Bum Bars.

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That’s a 53 and he rides a 56

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In his defense, it’s probably not his bike, and he gets DNGAF points for going barefoot.

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