Have top tube pads just never died?
/me clicks link
of course, blue lug
yuk
I donāt understand why you would willingly use the bare metal hoods. Unless the bike isnāt there to be ridden.
If itās not a flite or bomber pad does it even count
We decided not to sell our old Santana. Since weāre keeping it for fast rides, I tried spicing it up by flipping the Milan bars upside down:
It is a pretty horrendous fit, so Iām hoping to achieve a longer reach, just like the rustpile above.
Ordered a Nitto RB-002 for stoker and soma 3 speed 2ās for up front.
Really hoping I donāt hate the mustache bars, like everyone said I would.
because thereās no bad fender thread:
https://westernmass.craigslist.org/bik/d/amherst-windsor-black-commuter-bike/7234060195.html
mullet front fender, but the party happening in the back is soggy feet
DORP BARS
https://denver.craigslist.org/bik/d/elizabeth-cobra-kobe-bicycle-road-bike/7232223119.html
that chrome is looking fresh tho
or 
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You do you but looks like it would feel bad. Where are the levers gonna go?
Thereās only one way to definitively answer this question.
Theyāre the Soma 3-speed so Iāll be using VO flat bar levers and Suntour thumbies (22.2 clamp). I think itāll work decently well when wrapped in bar tape. Weāll see.
Ideally Iād switch this all back to a drop bar but itās the tandem and thats a lot of work with new cables, different shifters, and replacing the housing thatās rusted into the cable stops.
Ugh. It is right for this thread in that it looks heinous. Once I get the positions all sorted and wrap it, maybe it will look betterā¦ Iām going to pretend itās like an exaggerated jones bar.
with mtb levers/shifters its basically an albatross with more reach, doesnāt look as bad as I thought it would. I donāt like bars with a hand position that parallel to the stem, but thats just my wrists. The dual narwhal looks bad, but yeah, wrapped up it might be fine and if its comfortable who cares. Itās a tandem, its already weird.
I did something similar with stoker knobs on albatross bars.
I thought theyād be a good hand position for climbing (or Cat 6ing Citibike riders over the top of the Williamsburg bridge), but I probably havenāt touched them for a year.
itās not for me but
I luv it
This is like how my Breezer Finesse came stock. Townie bars with 90s bar ends mounted to the forward curves. Anytime I tried to use them I just got fistfuls of cable.