MacRetro chat and rides thread

[Dr S]

Kaiser dude, are those Groovy Luv Handles on your Wicked? What are they like? are they wide enough for singlespeed honking??

Just looking at getting some for the Cotic. Are the steel ones a little harsh with a rigid fork?

There is an option to go wider- would you recommend wider? (I like em big!)

Si

 

[clockworkgazz]

where were you thinking then, zigzag was looking to pick up the stumpie.

 

[clockworkgazz]

Kaiser dude, are those Groovy Luv Handles on your Wicked? What are they like? are they wide enough for singlespeed honking??

Just looking at getting some for the Cotic. Are the steel ones a little harsh with a rigid fork?

There is an option to go wider- would you recommend wider? (I like em big!)

Si

go mary, black or silver and lighter than the luv handles unless you got ti and they are on sale at the mo - they are great

 

[Dr S]

The Marys don't look wide enough for my liking, also a little too backswept. Fancy some blingy Ti ones anyway.

 

[kaiser]

The Ti ones would be groovy, the steel ones are good but not good enough to justify the expense tbh. Width and sweep are very nice and suit me in a you don't notice them way. But they are heavy and fairly unassuming considering the $. I do think comfort/harshness might be an issue with them but I'm more inclined to blame the fork.

The Marys now feel a wee bit too swept and I notice a difference in control. Well I did at Inners when it started getting narrow.

Others to consider are

Jones Ti H bar
Salsa pro motos
Surly torsion bars
FuBars
Marys
Syntace do a sweeper too
Titec H and J bars
Fleegles are nice and wide.

At the moment I have Marys, Fleegles Salsa's and the Groovys.

 

[kaiser]

Si was it Frost 'free and easy' that you recommended?

 

[Dr S]

Si was it Frost 'free and easy' that you recommended?

Nah, that's the Wednesday night turn down the local Working Mens Club- full of pensioners.

Its Wurth 'Rost Off Ice' you need squire.

Going to order some Ti Luv handles on Monday then but a few inches wider than stock.

Si

 

[kaiser]

Cool Are you going for a stem combo?

Ordered the rost off too

 

[kaiser]

ooooooooooooooo

page 200 roulette.

 

[clockworkgazz]

Had a spin with the yo tonight albeit with just one brake- and it is very direct, got a shorter stem coming as well as a king ring and saddle but might try and get her up and running this weekend ss is just about the only way to go IMHO , simple and light and unless it's an all day thang who needs gears anyway?

Btw almost 200 pages WTF!