I also got the bar68 bars and plan to use them on a future project. I am curious however if anyone knows of a similar bar but rise in the 8-10 cm range. The nitto hi-rise B483AA would be ideal however I would like more width.
Aaron El Cerrito CA
People LOVE the KT bar. I have 3 friends with them and one has 2 sets on two different bikes. The semi looking “BMX” style bar bothers me for some reason. I think I don’t like how the rise looks on them?
Another bar that was brought to my attention was the sims works JJJ bar.
Doug - If I sell them I’ll keep you in mind. I’m sure I’ll list it here but I wanna give them a ride for a bit. I’m enjoying them. I do think having to run shims because my stem is a 31.8 bothers me but not enough to fully ditch them already.
I will buy your Bar68 if you don't like it.
Doug
These bars look great! They are also very close to the Velo Orange Granola bar, which I've always loved, and should be added to the list:
Osprey: 40° sweep, 710mm width, 12mm rise Jones: 45° sweep, 710mm width, 13mm rise Bar68: 50° sweep, 680mm width, 35mm rise KT Bar 39º sweep, 720mm width, 40mm rise VO Granola bar: 60º sweep, 650mm width, 30mm rise
Wills e-mail listed it at 50 degree sweep!
Osprey: 40° sweep, 710mm width, 12mm rise Jones: 45° sweep, 710mm width, 13mm rise Bar68: 50° sweep, 680mm width, 35mm rise KT Bar 39º sweep, 720mm width, 40mm rise
Osprey: 40° sweep, 710mm width, 12mm rise Jones: 45° sweep, 710mm width, 13mm rise Bar68: __° sweep, 680mm width, 35mm rise KT Bar 39º sweep, 720mm width, 40mm rise
Thanks, Bill
Those look great! I've been riding the seemingly-very-similar* Soma Osprey on my Clem for about 3 years now - I'm totally sold on these sorts of Jones-esque semi-swept bars for bikes that spend a significant amount of time on singletrack. (I ditched the Ergons since this picture was taken and replaced them with ESIs that have been better in every way; stem is an 80mm Dirt Drop)
*I haven't found the sweep for Bar68 posted publicly yet - would be curious to know how it compares!
Specs: Osprey: 40° sweep, 710mm width, 12mm rise Jones: 45° sweep, 710mm width, 13mm rise Bar68: __° sweep, 680mm width, 35mm rise
Last year around the spring I took a pair of Albatros bars and bent them out. the shape ended up being pretty sweet, but I ended up dimpling the bars and didn't feel safe to use them.I was talking to James about the shape and he mentioned to me how they had a "new bar" in the works. fast forward a few months and he had a pair on his platty. I got to ride it around and it felt good but didn't really catch my attention as Im into wide(r) bars. I actually rode it like a total of 4X from other times.
anyways I ended up picking up a pair in last weeks release. finally got to get them out on a proper ride and not just around the block.
-not a swept back bar but not a flat bar. the rise feels nice. -threw in some 20mm bar extension to get the width I wanted. -they feel great. a tad not as big as the crust Juan martins I was running. the extenders turn it from a "bent out albatross" to a "bent out billie bar". -the ramps and little extra space in the grip area feels good for climbs. -will go back to Ergon grips as the angle of the bar and esi grips didn't get along with my arthritic hands. -was skeptical at first and thought I would end up selling them after one ride but 10/10 they will probably stay on for a while...
surprised it hasn't been brought up in RBW yet.
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