They require a firmer grip and the angle at the top may not suit everyones wrists. I rode many miles on the old 3ttt Gimondi bend bars that are sort of like this. It probably didn't help with the wrist problems I have now.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
>
> How do bars like this ride on the tops? It looks like you're hands would
slide forward or down without the sharper angles of "regular" road bars.
>
> Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Warren & Elizabeth
>
>
> >To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> >Subject: Re: [CR]Handlebars at the Japanese auction
>
> >Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:26:23 -0500
>
> >
>
> >They look like Cinelli Criterium bars...Model 65? I use the same on
>
> >my Centurion track bike because they are elegant and comfortable.
>
> >
>
> >Warren Young
>
> >Toronto
>
> >
>
> >Dennis Young wrote:
>
> >
>
> >>I'm not sure what model handlebar this is, but it is very nicely
>
> >>shaped.
>
> >>The seller says these are rare? Track bars? Take a look. The
>
> >>most elegant
>
> >>handlebars I have ever seen were on a exquisite Herse track bike.
>
> >>Few Herse
>
> >>track bikes were produced, right Jan? People don't or can't do
>
> >>that bar
>
> >>work anymore. Those curves were alive!
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>Photos at the bottom of the page.
>
> >>
>
> >>http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f11194492
>
> >>
>
> >>Dennis Young
>
> >>I work a lot with curves in Hotaka, Japan
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >_______________________________________________
>
> >Classicrendezvous mailing list
>
> >Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> >http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------------------
> >From Beethoven to the Rolling Stones, your favorite music is always
playing on MSN Radio Plus. No ads, no talk. Trial month FREE!
> ------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Classicrendezvous mailing list
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> http://www.bikelist.org/
_______________________________________________
Classicrendezvous mailing list
Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
http://www.bikelist.org/