Nitto Noodle bars

Agency_Scum
Agency_Scum Posts: 8
edited August 2007 in Workshop
Anyone know where I can find a 46cm one in the UK or a model like it that ISN'T oversized?
Links would be appreciated. By the way, hello everyone; this is my first post here.

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  • Icicle19
    Icicle19 Posts: 377
    I too would love to know a UK source !!!
  • GaryGkn
    GaryGkn Posts: 1,199
    Try HubJub really good service could probably order them in for you if they don't stock them. I bought some from them last year but can't remeber the width. They were wide.

    http://www.hubjub.co.uk/nitto/nitto.htm


    Only 40's in stock they are waiting on 44's. They do custom orders. Worth a try.
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    Hub Jub aren't doing them anymore.
  • GaryGkn
    GaryGkn Posts: 1,199
    Oh!

    On-One?
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    Still waiting.......and waiting.
  • fatfreddy
    fatfreddy Posts: 332
    Agency_Scum wrote:
    Still waiting.......and waiting.

    a little patience and politeness goes a long way to getting questions resolved. GaryGKN has already suggetsed On-One. Here's the link

    http://www.on-one.co.uk/index.php?modul ... AGE_id=106

    ff
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    Been like this for weeks...

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    Never mind, ta for looking anyway dude.
  • graham_g
    graham_g Posts: 652
    Look at US sites - there are several that will ship abroad. Google nitto noodle bars and check their shipping policy ie.

    http://www.velo-orange.com/ninobar44.html
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    Ooh, cheers Graham!
  • star_rover
    star_rover Posts: 318
    how about the Nitto randonneur bar instead?
    I have one and I like it. Gave up on waiting for the noodle.
    get em from hubjub or on one.
    Beautiful piece of metalwork.
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    I'll have a look.
  • acorn_user
    acorn_user Posts: 1,137
    I think the 46cm bars are always more expensive. They need extra heat treating or something. Nitto doesn't have great distribution. It's mostly shops bringing in a bunch off their own backs.
  • Agency_Scum
    Agency_Scum Posts: 8
    The one time an almost perfect Nitto-like bar was produced was with the ( don't know the model name/number ) Bontrager drop bar. LOADS of hand positions, shallow ramp for resting on the drops and long, flat and almost horizontal end of bar. What did they do? Made it bloody oversized! Every roadie/tourer I speak to, without exception, see oversize drop bars as some great big U.S. marketing style kn0b extension gimmick. They're bloody road bikes! You're going down the Alps in the Tour de France on the bleedin' road not down the side of the mountain. Bunch of @rse.


    ...and relax.
  • smiorgan
    smiorgan Posts: 195
    Agency_Scum wrote:
    The one time an almost perfect Nitto-like bar was produced was with the ( don't know the model name/number ) Bontrager drop bar. LOADS of hand positions, shallow ramp for resting on the drops and long, flat and almost horizontal end of bar. What did they do? Made it bloody oversized! Every roadie/tourer I speak to, without exception, see oversize drop bars as some great big U.S. marketing style kn0b extension gimmick. They're bloody road bikes! You're going down the Alps in the Tour de France on the bleedin' road not down the side of the mountain. Bunch of @rse.


    ...and relax.

    Yes, because it's so convenient to sift through a range of "standard" sized stems ranging from 25.4 to 25.8 to 26.0 to 26.4 mm to find one you like that fits your chosen bars. At least OS is only one damn size.

    I don't see what the big deal is. If OS is stronger/stiffer for the same weight that will do me fine.

    Besides, skinny bars make my hands look fat.

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