Carbon Bars

hopper1

Anyone get a nice explanatory email from Dave at Planet X, as promised by Matt, after not getting their stem on ebay?...

ajb72

Galatzo wrote:

Anyone not like their 44cm and want to sell them ?
My mate went a shade of green when I told him how much they were !
He want's a pair now.

Just about to re-tape mine with some Bike Ribbon Eleganza, the used S-Works stuf is just a bit to phat.

Cheers

Yes me! I was going to put them on ebay tonight, but will happily do a deal to save the ebay hassle & fees! I liked the bars, but they don't suit my hands at all.

spanielsson

hopper1 wrote:

Anyone get a nice explanatory email from Dave at Planet X, as promised by Matt, after not getting their stem on ebay?...

Only his lump it one I posted here, I'm guessing you have had a remorse filled message from him? :roll:

hopper1

Aye... The dust has settled now, so it's obviously ok... Never use Planet X again!
I'll go now, before I slip into a rant... :oops:

cyclingpunk

I really like the bars so far... very comfy for me

Thanks for recomending the chain NapD. Put it on my new bike and it certainly is better than the Sram it replaced. I do not notice it anymore so it does a good job. Wonder how long the finish lasts on them though?

hopper1

Just finished taping my bars... What an absolute b*stard! :evil:

Squillinossett

I might get rid of mine, I think my ape hands are a touch too big for the drops after holding them for a while

hopper1

I went out today for the first ride with new bars/stem set up... Very comfortable, I think. Now managed to get rid of all the stem spacers below the stem, too.
A few more rides, and if still comfy, I'll re-cut the steerer.

jrduquemin

NapoleonD wrote:

cougie wrote:

DJB - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_triangle

I think I've seen it attributed to Mike Sinyard of Specialized ? But I could be wrong on that.

Gary Fisher I think.

Keith Bontrager apparently ;-)

themightyw

You are all evil.

Just bought one, as the wife is away for 5 days and I have a fantastic window of postage delivery before she'll notice.

I think on our upcoming L2P ride there will now be about 4 of us with these lol.

Will be my first exercise in retaping my bars also - any tips on what you OCD types care about when taping your bars? I'm a sloppy old sod and would probably just twist it round with my eyes shut.

Just need to find a nice reasonably priced stem now!

blorg

If you put the tape on a radiator for a few mins before taping it makes it easier. Taping is something you get better at with practice I think. Tape is so cheap that you can afford to get it wrong anyway.

http://bicycletutor.com/drop-handlebar-tape/

themightyw

blorg wrote:

If you put the tape on a radiator for a few mins before taping it makes it easier. Taping is something you get better at with practice I think. Tape is so cheap that you can afford to get it wrong anyway.

http://bicycletutor.com/drop-handlebar-tape/

Great link! Thanks mate.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Well i took these out for their first outing yesterday. 70 odd miles on the Mad March Hare Sportive so they took a full pounding of everything I could give them from sprinting to grinding up hill to full on tucked in aero stylie.

Now I must have small hands because these fitted me purrrrrrrrrrrfectly. They are without doubt the best £30 I've ever spent. I've never spent so long on the drops as I did yesterday. That little extra piece at the ends of the bars is just a superbly sized hand hold for me. They have improved my riding position ten fold on what was already a very comfy position.

All I need to do now is get a better shade of celeste handle bar tape and re do them other than that they were perfect