Handlebar question

artaxerxes
artaxerxes Posts: 612
edited November 2008 in Commuting chat
I have flat bars on my commuter bike and I think they are too wide for me as the natural position for my hands is about 2 to 3 of inches inwards from the end of the handle bars.
My question is, are all flat bars the same standard langth or can you get narrower ones?
As well as being a better fit for me, I think that narrower bars might help in squeezing through the London traffic.

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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Aha, you want the tiny tiny handlebars that couriers and fakengers use.

    Unless, of course, you're not actually a tw*t :roll:
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    yes you can get narrower bars. Or you can cut your current ones down to the width you want.
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    biondino wrote:
    Aha, you want the tiny tiny handlebars that couriers and fakengers use.

    Unless, of course, you're not actually a tw*t :roll:

    such sparkling wit and use of the English language
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  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    Take a hacksaw to your current ones, far cheaper than buying new bars...
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  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    ride_whenever wrote:
    Take a hacksaw to your current ones, far cheaper than buying new ones...

    As the in-house lawyer around here I think I'd better clarify RWs comment, he is of course referring to hacksawing your handlebars rather than your hands!

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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Spen, you surprise me - I wouldn't have imagined you rocking the fakenger look! Crusty old fella with dubious stains on his anorak riding a 1940s butcher's bike, that's more how I picture you.
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Take a hacksaw to your current ones, far cheaper than buying new ones...

    Yep I think I might just do that.
    As the in-house lawyer around here I think I'd better clarify RWs comment, he is of course referring to hacksawing your handlebars rather than your hands!

    Phew you responded just in time! :D
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    linoue wrote:
    Take a hacksaw to your current ones, far cheaper than buying new ones...

    Yep I think I might just do that.
    As the in-house lawyer around here I think I'd better clarify RWs comment, he is of course referring to hacksawing your handlebars rather than your hands!

    Phew you responded just in time! :D

    Happy to be of service. That'll be £250 please :wink:
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