Riser bars... Why all the hate?

legrandefromage":37co1gn7 said:
freddok":37co1gn7 said:
IMHO risers bars have no really place on bikes re-build before 94'. U

Ahem!

1987

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legrandefromage":10ferro1 said:
freddok":10ferro1 said:
IMHO risers bars have no really place on bikes re-build before 94'. U

Ahem!

1987

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You're a little sarcastic... ;) Real risers like we know now come in MTB scene with Answer Alumilite, Azonic and some others derived from the MX scene in mid 90's. The life is an eternal restart...
 
freddok":1z63sbpq said:
You're a little sarcastic... ;) Real risers like we know now come in MTB scene with Answer Alumilite, Azonic and some others derived from the MX scene in mid 90's. The life is an eternal restart...

sorry but early MTB used 22.2mm motorbike bars!

http://sonic.net/~ckelly/Seekay/mtbwelcome.htm

Here's some MTB specific from 1985, they're no different to my later Azonic
 

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legrandefromage":3901k3az said:
freddok":3901k3az said:
You're a little sarcastic... ;) Real risers like we know now come in MTB scene with Answer Alumilite, Azonic and some others derived from the MX scene in mid 90's. The life is an eternal restart...

sorry but early MTB used 22.2mm motorbike bars!

No necessary to be sorry.. In 1994 I machined an adaptor to put a Sachs MTB disc brake on the rear of my FSR Stumpy, so... :cool: I just wanted to talk about the usual practice... :LOL:
 
freddok":261dqkrj said:
legrandefromage":261dqkrj said:
freddok":261dqkrj said:
You're a little sarcastic... ;) Real risers like we know now come in MTB scene with Answer Alumilite, Azonic and some others derived from the MX scene in mid 90's. The life is an eternal restart...

sorry but early MTB used 22.2mm motorbike bars!

No necessary to be sorry.. In 1994 I machined an adaptor to put a Sachs MTB disc brake on the rear of my FSR Stumpy, so... :cool: I just wanted to talk about the usual practice... :LOL:

Too late, 1995 I had a Hope Hydraulic front disc and Magura rear :mrgreen:
 
legrandefromage":3sy4rpb6 said:
freddok":3sy4rpb6 said:
No necessary to be sorry.. In 1994 I machined an adaptor to put a Sachs MTB disc brake on the rear of my FSR Stumpy, so... :cool: I just wanted to talk about the usual practice... :LOL:

Too late, 1995 I had a Hope Hydraulic front disc and Magura rear :mrgreen:


Hope ???? I don't know this brand.... They make brakes??? ;) :facepalm: ➡️
 
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FluffyChicken":lyhzoe6w said:
pw_pw_la":lyhzoe6w said:
The ladies doth protest too much... ;)

There's no hate here... queue the outpouring of some very strong feelings!

There's a difference between hate and just don't see the point or not like them.

Back in the mid 90s you'll have been influenced by your circle of friends and magazines you might have seen.
Which may have been quite different to many others and and people coming from the early 90s.

Most catalogue spec bikes did not have risers until the DH spec late 90s trend caught on.
And yes I do think JMC repro bikes all look daft with the risers and BMX stem and would be better with a normal setup, but a friend of mine loves it and it make him really happy. (so happy I'm surprised the bikes not sprang babies ;-))
It doesn't mean I hate it, it's a great bike.

But then the bike wouldn't have stood out or be as iconic to some people as it is if it was traditional for the time.


But then just look at some 'normal' bikes here (even some of mine) and they look wrong, some look very wrong...
I'll mention no names...


And then you have the Vintage Illuminati builds, who think Cantis are wrong, let alone vbrakes.

Get building.

Excellent reply this.

And some very good points.

The bit about being influenced by mates and mags especially. It was very insular where I was! Not a big scene with a lot of people with years of knowledge to guide us... Just MBUK and the occasional VHS it came with!

You're right on the get building front too...

But talk, as they say, is cheap!
 
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