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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Thanks so much for the explanation. I agree on the brakes; I was able to stop my bike so hard that it flipped ass over teakettle! The picture was a bit blurry on zoom but I could see the size of the pads. Is the manual in the link to a computer that controls any motor that you put on a bike...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Now that I've "met" you here, I'm sorry that I didn't learn about your work when I started my search for the right ebike. I had posted pictures of some of the conversion possibilities I had here, a Trek 200 hybrid, a Jamis Exile mountain bike, maybe even my Trek 520 touring bike, but was told...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Ha ha on me; people who have known me a long time never cease to be amazed at my inability to recognize humor (I'm "on the spectrum"). Now that you explained it, I'm smiling. BTW, which handlebars are those that you have put on 14 bikes?
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Wow, New Yorkers wind up everywhere. I spent some years in CA and around the country but came back. I love the image of you in the tweed sipping coffee! I would love to replace the saddle, but too expensive. Maybe I'll find an old one on a rusty bike at a yard sale. ;) Thanks so much for the...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    I'm a bit confused about the suggestion about covering the display. I need the display for keeping track of mileage and battery usage. Why cover it?
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Nvreloader, I see the stem, nice one, but not the reducer. I didn't think I would trust a reducer anyway. As for changing the stem, I was intimidated by the way the computer is attached to the Vado. I didn't think I could change out the stem. Advice? (I feel kind of stupid, having worked on...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    WOW! And a Brook's leather saddle too? I miss the one I had on my first bike, A Rudge "English Racer" with a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed. I got it for my 9th birthday. I still have the bike but the saddle leather rotted. Ah for the days when I lived in Southern Cali. I'm so impressed with your...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Nice collection! All yours? I like the Creme Uno with the laced 'leather' grips.
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    Clamp size for Vado handlebars (I was told) is 31.8mm. The cruiser bars are mostly 25.4, like the Dimension Urban Cruiser Bars. There are a few English ones as well listed as 1". But wait, thanks for asking! When I went back to my tabs on the HBs, I found that the Fairdale Archer v2 handlebar...
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    Help finding handlebars for my Vado.

    Update on the search for handlebars. First, thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Even if I didn't answer every one of them, I did follow all the links and mentions and spent hours working through the online tool on Whatbars. I was just about to order the SQ Lab 321 3.0 bars with 70mm...
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    Recommend me handlebars with back sweep

    I was just about to order the SQ Lab 321 3.0 bars with 70mm rise, 35° back sweep and 20° downsweep. (You mentioned these in answer to my help post). The only thing holding me back is that they are $110 and it's still less sweep than I measured on the cruiser bars I put on my Trek 520 Touring...
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    Help finding handlebars for my Vado.

    I don't have an LBS that I can get to. And anyway, how do bars on "other bikes" tell me anything since geometry is different on every bike?
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    Help finding handlebars for my Vado.

    Hi Stefan, Thanks for the suggestion. I did see these on sq-lab and thought that they would be a good addition to whatever HBs I get. I always used bar ends on my mountain bikes for a "rest" position. However, I do definitely need HBs with sweep. At my last Occupational Therapy visit, while...
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