Handlebars!

[Spudalumps]

I just did a silly! I bought a handlebar thinking it was 31.8 (didnt realise they made them any bigger) turns out the handlebar was 35mm

Anyone else know this? XD

 

[legrandefromage]

Yup

31.8 has been around far too long for the marketing folk so 35mm will be the new 'standard'

(had a 31.8mm quill stem from ITM from around 1991)

 

[KermitGKona88]

How long before we end up back at 22.2

 

[Spudalumps]

Hahaha! It’s surely all to do with sales right? As ive never seen a retro handlebar snap metal ones anyway :L

 

[Imlach]

Wasn't aware that they made them thicker than 31.8

Soon enough we will be able to produce handlebars by cutting retired lampposts into pieces.

 

[Tootyred]

Apparently if you chuck a bike off a cliff in Utah you need them thicker....so of course everybody doing wheelies in tesco car park desperately need them too.

Funny how the motorcross world always seemed to survive on 7/8"..... not like they are 15x the weight or anything....

 

[novocaine]

35mm. Becuase you all got to used to running short stems and we needed a way of hiding that youd need a bigger offset.

Anyone want to buy my new, half cranked swept back low rise bar deosgned to put the bars back where you had them 6 years ago.

 

[doctor-bond]

35mm. Becuase you all got to used to running short stems and we needed a way of hiding that youd need a bigger offset.

Anyone want to buy my new, half cranked swept back low rise bar deosgned to put the bars back where you had them 6 years ago.

True that: been trying out one of those short stems - 130mm - and the steering is crazy : prolly going to have to increase my bar width towards 600mm ....

 

[novocaine]

True that: been trying out one of those short stems - 130mm - and the steering is crazy : prolly going to have to increase my bar width towards 600mm ....

Woah there cowboy, dont be to hasty, remember that a foot is a rule not an exception and 2 wrongs dont make a right.

 

[Spudalumps]

*crying with laughter*