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Philip, Thanks for the comment on the Bontrager CX. Yes, I did find one other filet brazed Bonty CX online. Not something Keith was prone to do. A very practical guy, who believed in a useful, long-lived frame. (Thus the gussets he would sometimes use in his MTB bikes.) I do imagine he had

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Wow, that CX bike is incredible. Did you ever hear from anyone else with a fillet-brazed Bontrager cyclocross bike? To stay on topic - cutting the sweep ends off flared drops is inadvisable, and the Portola bars are very similar to the RM-3s, Midge, and original WTB. I had a LeMond for a while

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Drew, Philip & others, While this is not a Rivendell, the bike does sport the Soma Portolas in this discussion. They are on a Bontrager CX that I commissioned from Keith Bontrager in 1989: https://flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/albums/7215770445842/with/33876168088/ Ironically, when I

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The RM-3s are the same as the WTB bars that look very similar to the new Potts bars. I snipped that out of my original reply. I sold the old WTBs from my Quickbeam, and ended up replacing them with RM-3s. Same bar. Blue Lug has silver in stock, and some stems that work well with them. One of the

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Steve Potts has reintroduced a new version of the original WTB dirt drop, which Soma is selling: https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/steve-potts-original-dirt-drop-bar-31-8-60cm-5910 I have the real original WTB bars, bought in 1999, on my Ibis Mojo, and I would definitely get these new ones if I

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Check out WhatBars to compare profiles for many of the offerings out there. As I recall, the Portola is a similar profile to the Ritcheys I like, except I needed 31.8 instead of 26. Will On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 10:34 AM Pancake wrote: > Soma Portola -

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Soma Portola - https://www.somafab.com/archives/product/portola-bar 56cm wide at the flared ends but 45.5cm on the hoods Meets your 26mm diameter requirement. That’s where I landed when I was looking for a similar change (wider, more flared noodle, less drop, less reach). They’ve been great.

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I used to own the RM-013 long ago but then changed to the 56cm Albatross on my 62cm/62cm seat/top tube custom Franklin road bike. The 013 was "okay", but not great enough that I kept it. I'm changing back to a drop bar and used the bikepacking list as a useful starting point. Mostly I wanted a

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I only ride flared drops. The flare in flared drops are mostly for wrist clearance out of the saddle or in technical body-English situations. I feel the width changes from the hoods to the hooks to the ends are also beneficial for different modes during a ride: aero cruising, control on

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I'm for extra width... But I don't like the idea of flare occurring from tops to bottoms because it puts the hoods/lever tips pointing outward. I don't totally get the true functional value of flaring other than bottoms are wider than tops? Is that helpful from a functional perspective? Help

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Here's a pre-dug rabbit hole: https://bikepacking.com/index/gravel-bars/ On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 5:07:48 PM UTC-6 Conway Bennett wrote: > I'd look at Curve WALMER Bar > , Redshift Kitchen > Sink

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I'd look at Curve WALMER Bar , Redshift Kitchen Sink , or Ride Farr Supa-Wide . On Friday, December 9, 2022 at

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Plus one for the Spank Flare. On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 9:36:15 AM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey everyone! > I posted earlier about reach in converting to a wider bar and decided to > start a different conversation to get opinions on wide-ish, flared drops. > > I like the Nitto

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Hi J, Adding this link for prosperity... Primarily compares RM014 to RM013 but scroll to the bottom for the notable Noodle comparison! I eventually stumbled upon this page some time ago during searches for 52cm RM013 bars and trying to verify how they were measured. I'll see if I could dig

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Ben, I'm also in Omaha and a big fan of the crust towel rack. I have a 600 on my 58cm quick beam and am holding a 630 for my 58cm hunq that is currently being painted. If you want to hold the 630 or ride the QB to check the feels I'd be down to meet. I had the Nitto noodles and the flares

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Brian- That's good insight about the 52 vs 48, the difference being in the width of the flair only, since nowhere else is that useful info available. I've been considering moving from the narrowest Towel Rack V1 to a Noodle bar but have been unsure I could get along with the narrow width. What

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Check out the PNW Coast bar. A little flair but not too crazy. They make really nice stuff at a reasonable price and great customer service. On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:25:06 AM UTC-7 Coal Bee Rye Anne wrote: > 52cm Nitto RM013 - it's essentially a 48mm Noodle with extra flare only in >

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52cm Nitto RM013 - it's essentially a 48mm Noodle with extra flare only in the drop itself (so hoods retain a more normal orientation but that extra flare when in the drops feels nice if venturing off into slightly more technical terrain.) I started with a 48cm RM013 after being confused about

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Oooh...I like the looks of that. It's a contender! On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 9:05:41 AM UTC-6 maxcr wrote: > Have you looked at the spank flare 25 from Analog? I rode them on one of > their demo bikes and it had a nice flare > > >

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Have you looked at the spank flare 25 from Analog? I rode them on one of their demo bikes and it had a nice flare https://analogcycles.com/collections/bars/products/spank-flare-25-degree-bars?variant=42906531004648 Max On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 9:36:15 AM UTC-5 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: >