Comments on: Drop Bars For Off Road: Why? http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drop-bars-for-off-road-why 29er Bike Reviews, Rumors and News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: andy http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/#comment-74817 andy Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:09:44 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4951#comment-74817 after adjusting/mutating into ss and rigid and 29er in one nearly swift motion, i figured it was time to stop reading the dirt drop kool-aid acid info out there and step into the venn diagram...and out of it (at the same time ;) before i go switching out hooded brakes and all, i figured i'd get a good sense of the trail-drop experience if i slapped on that annoying bontrager comfort/cruiser bar i keep tripping over in the basement. so yeah i flipped it, reversed it (some people don't get THAT) and...it looks stupid. but it rides almost like a dream. need to hit some more trails, but i might just leave the gary bars in the basement to trip over. my trails are basic southeast pa rooty rocky punchy climb terrain. today was almost (not quite) as paradigm-deconstructin' as was my first race on the ss rigid 29er after my multi fs 26er went down. and then i saw the darkness at the beginning of the tunnel.... after adjusting/mutating into ss and rigid and 29er in one nearly swift motion, i figured it was time to stop reading the dirt drop kool-aid acid info out there and step into the venn diagram…and out of it (at the same time ;)

before i go switching out hooded brakes and all, i figured i’d get a good sense of the trail-drop experience if i slapped on that annoying bontrager comfort/cruiser bar i keep tripping over in the basement. so yeah i flipped it, reversed it (some people don’t get THAT) and…it looks stupid. but it rides almost like a dream. need to hit some more trails, but i might just leave the gary bars in the basement to trip over.

my trails are basic southeast pa rooty rocky punchy climb terrain. today was almost (not quite) as paradigm-deconstructin’ as was my first race on the ss rigid 29er after my multi fs 26er went down. and then i saw the darkness at the beginning of the tunnel….

]]> By: Guitar Ted http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/#comment-74499 Guitar Ted Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:20:48 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4951#comment-74499 @Paul: Usually you would look for a wider bar for single track use, since wider bars afford you more leverage. @Paul: Usually you would look for a wider bar for single track use, since wider bars afford you more leverage.

]]> By: Paul http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/#comment-74497 Paul Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:36:37 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4951#comment-74497 would one use the same width as a road bike drop bar? would one use the same width as a road bike drop bar?

]]> By: BMac http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/#comment-69629 BMac Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:07:37 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4951#comment-69629 From 1932 http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/images/1932_critintl.jpg From 1932

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/cx/images/1932_critintl.jpg

]]> By: Nelson Longflap http://twentynineinches.com/2010/03/04/drop-bars-for-off-road-why/#comment-69624 Nelson Longflap Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:23:35 +0000 http://twentynineinches.com/?p=4951#comment-69624 See also: http://5metresofdevelopment.blogspot.com/2010/09/isolation-for-revelation-part-i.html ...et seq. See also:

http://5metresofdevelopment.blogspot.com/2010/09/isolation-for-revelation-part-i.html

…et seq.

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