I did something similar when I first got my Vado SL went for the On one OG bars and found them much more comfortable than the more mtb straight bars. 4 years later still have them on.
Recommend me handlebars with back sweep
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Jeremy McCreary
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Very classy bike. Whose design — yours, client's, both?
stompandgo
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What a great looking bike.
PedalUma
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My eBikes do not look like others. They are all different and like one's children, l love them each. A custom Pashley Prospero gravel bike has been delayed but is arriving this week for conversion with a DM02. It is 501 Reynolds. Yes, I wrap bars, often go through frame, and shorten wire runs. You can see that I sometime disguise the mid-drives with decorative chain guards, or will paint motors so they disappear in plain sight.
PedalUma
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If I like backswept moustache bars, and ride daily, does that imply that I like frequent moustache rides?
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These bars can be flipped, and left to right. Note: The screws in the bar-end shifters are reverse thread, because someone thought that would be less intuitive.
This next one is one of the cleanest eBikes in terms of backswept handlebar wires. I added a Nantucket basket and it sold the next day to an artist. It is all through frame and through handlebar. From the side it looks like nothing. One wire, hidden by the basket of flowers.
Re-Trying the Moustache Handlebar
Iconic of the Bridgestone XO era and later championed by Rivendell, the Moustache handlebar is perhaps more popular today than ever. The...
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This next one is one of the cleanest eBikes in terms of backswept handlebar wires. I added a Nantucket basket and it sold the next day to an artist. It is all through frame and through handlebar. From the side it looks like nothing. One wire, hidden by the basket of flowers.
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PedalUma
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A woman who I have seen walking on paths and said Hi to for years had a problem with her saddle on her favorite bike. The bike above was purchased new and got a flat on the first 50 meters of its first ride. It sat in her garage for ten years unused taking up real-estate, so she gave it to me for free for fixing her saddle on a Tuesday and I sold it as a custom coaster brake electric on that Friday for an undisclosed large sum to a visiting artist/designer from Arizona. That is a backswept cruiser bar. Here is a similar blue bike. This pink one is here in the shop for a tune today. Check its wires. I do not like to ever use any zip ties but was forced to on the pink bike, so I painted them to match the downtube. It sold three years ago, before it was half-way finished. It is rare for an electric bike to have a chainguard.
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BurroBabe
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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 Bike when my hands started bothering me. They have a sweep of 60°, and were put on an adjustable stem. It is true, however, that I can stab myself with the bar-end shifters in a tight turn! I was liking the fact that SQ adds a down sweep to the grips that eases tension on the shoulders as well. I thought that would also help the hand position with the lesser sweep.
Those On One bars look great on your bike and I like the 45° sweep but the rise is much less than the original bars, which my (non)LBS told me is 50mm on the Vado. I would have to then add a riser stem, so maybe it's not worth going cheaper on the bars.
Damned if all the high rise big sweep cruiser bars that are perfect dimensions for me are the wrong clamp width!!!
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What is your bikes handlebar clamp size?
What is the handle bar clamp size of the cruiser bars?
Tia.
What is your bikes handlebar clamp size?
What is the handle bar clamp size of the cruiser bars?
Tia.
BurroBabe
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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 with
Rise: 50mm
Width: 650mm
Backsweep: 45°
Clamp: 31.8mm
is available, and only $37. I called a local dealer and they said it would take 2 weeks but that I could get it faster ordering online from Fairdale. Guess I'm ordering it now! Well, not. I'll let the local dealer get it in and look at it first.
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BurroBabe
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Nice collection! All yours? I like the Creme Uno with the laced 'leather' grips.
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Have you seen these reducers, they can take a 31.8mm Hbar clamp down to 25.4mm diameter, and with an adjustable stem you can get just about and angle/height needed to fit you.
I use the adjustable stems to get good Hbar angles on all my bikes.
Tia
Have you seen these reducers, they can take a 31.8mm Hbar clamp down to 25.4mm diameter, and with an adjustable stem you can get just about and angle/height needed to fit you.
I use the adjustable stems to get good Hbar angles on all my bikes.
GEWAGE Bike Stem - 130 Degree Adjustable Bicycle Stem- 75mm 90mm 130mm
【BIKE STEM】 - This bike stems features a precision 3D shaped forged shaft interconnected with a precision broached clamp to create the strongest, lightest, most secure adjustable stem available. DIal-in the perfect height for your Handlebars! 【BIKE STEM SIZE】- Sleek aesthetics combine with...
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Tia
PedalUma
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I do not have the XL double top tube Pashley Guv'nor yet. Yes, those are some conversions to mid-drive torque sensor bikes. Except for the chopper. That is a BBS02 that the guy purchased and then threw in the towel and had me do it. For a dumb Bafang it turned out fairly clean. My favorite is the Pashley Prospero gravel bike with GRX and a 90Nm DM02 motor. That bike is so beautiful. Another is arriving soon in Amethyst with custom silver rims. Those are handmade in Stafford-Upon-Avon, then I do the conversion here in the Coastal Northern California hills. Attached is a photo of my town in late November/early December. And here is another of that Creme.
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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 beautiful work. I'm a Jill of all Trades but stop at all things electrical. Wish I lived closer; I could learn a lot from you!
Ah for the days when I lived in Southern Cali. I'm so impressed with your beautiful work. I'm a Jill of all Trades but stop at all things electrical. Wish I lived closer; I could learn a lot from you!
BurroBabe
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Have you seen these reducers, they can take a 31.8mm Hbar clamp down to 25.4mm diameter, and with an adjustable stem you can get just about and angle/height needed to fit you.
I use the adjustable stems to get good Hbar angles on all my bikes.
GEWAGE Bike Stem - 130 Degree Adjustable Bicycle Stem- 75mm 90mm 130mm
【BIKE STEM】 - This bike stems features a precision 3D shaped forged shaft interconnected with a precision broached clamp to create the strongest, lightest, most secure adjustable stem available. DIal-in the perfect height for your Handlebars! 【BIKE STEM SIZE】- Sleek aesthetics combine with...gewage.net
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