Good point John, when I bought the B135 that was part of the difference that appealed to me. However, after putting about 800 miles on the B135 bars, I can tell they’re just not wide enough for me. So my research on the distinctions between the B135 and B132 didn’t get very deep, instead I focused on wider bars like the Noodle, but I also wanted more flare out because my forearms bounce off the upper parts of the bars when getting off pavement a little and pulling on the drops. The dirt drops seem to be a perfect happy medium for geometry that I’m after and with that I want, but I’ve been very surprised to see how many similar bars Nitto makes for so many different companies.
Those Compass Maes Parallel bars are a great example, very fine differences made for a specific company in a niche market. 46cm maximum width though, so not quite as wide as I was after. It seems a shame there’s not a resource with off of Nitto’s bar specifications in one place - it’s be great to see all that info at the same place rather than sorting through a dozen websites (which often have conflicting info or only info for one size). Fantastically wide and could be fun on a different project - the Towel Rack from Crust in 615mm, 645mm, or 675mm! I really like their discussion of “wide” bars that just aren’t that wide: “Flash ahead to the normalized MTB world of 50mm stems and 800mm handlebars that we live in today. Why do they get to be so verily comfortable while our slumped, pigeon chested bodies are negated to 38-46mm “wide” bars??? WHYYYY???? I don’t know, so that’s why we made these.” Any other variations or distinctions worth mentioning please do, also if there are other 46cm or wider bars with some flare out please add to my list! Related my RM-013 52cm bars arrive today :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
