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  • Ber Nard
    Ber Nard Posts: 827
    Ta muchly!

    Rob
  • littlestwoo
    littlestwoo Posts: 25
    Rolf F wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    Hehe. I think it was a dig at the black saddle white tape combo tbh.

    Oooh noooo, he's breaking the rules :lol:
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    Only think I'm not sure about are the transparent Hudz. It would look great if they were opaque but it looks a bit messy over the black plastic to my eyesAnd I'd raise the bars....
    That the 3rd bar hight suggestion I've read in the past hour based on looks, duh... bar hight is a bike fit thing, not a cosmetic decision!
  • pompeydave
    pompeydave Posts: 68
    Luvving this 8)

    Like the modern 'retro' style levers
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    littlestwoo wrote:
    That the 3rd bar hight suggestion I've read in the past hour based on looks, duh... bar hight is a bike fit thing, not a cosmetic decision!

    Can you tell me where I mentioned that the bars should be raised based on cosmetics?

    The bars appear angled down to compensate for a rather long stem or over-large bars. The bars are really designed to be optimally used with the section between the tops and the hoods horizontal. As they are the bars look like they have lost one useful hand postion - the corner of the tops which can't be comfortable at that angle. And the result looks awkward which is a pity for such a classy looking bike. This is why I made the comment.

    The OP has stated how he made his decisions on the bars so this is just my subjective opinion.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    Rolf F wrote:
    The bars appear angled down to compensate for a rather long stem or over-large bars. The bars are really designed to be optimally used with the section between the tops and the hoods horizontal.

    As "classic" bend bars they are positioned as their design.
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Coach H wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    The bars appear angled down to compensate for a rather long stem or over-large bars. The bars are really designed to be optimally used with the section between the tops and the hoods horizontal.

    As "classic" bend bars they are positioned as their design.

    Really? TBH, they don't look like classic bend bars to me. My classic bikes have more traditional bars and they drop down further forward - the drop begins at the the end of the forward bend. These bars look exactly the same as those on my modern bikes (ie standard modern compact) but tilted down. Mind, handlebars can look a bit different in pics to how they actually are.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    Rolf F wrote:
    Coach H wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    The bars appear angled down to compensate for a rather long stem or over-large bars. The bars are really designed to be optimally used with the section between the tops and the hoods horizontal.

    As "classic" bend bars they are positioned as their design.

    Really? TBH, they don't look like classic bend bars to me. My classic bikes have more traditional bars and they drop down further forward - the drop begins at the the end of the forward bend. These bars look exactly the same as those on my modern bikes (ie standard modern compact) but tilted down. Mind, handlebars can look a bit different in pics to how they actually are.

    Although and old pic Gilbert ran "classic" bend bars with Campag shifters that look the same to me (still runs classic bend bars on his BMC but with Shimano)
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    Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) uses a classic bend on his Canyon Aeroad CF
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    The bars are fine the way they are. I’m quite capable of using the hoods on this bike but I generally ride on the drops (a lot) or the tops and only use the hoods when I’m out of the saddle – even on my other two bikes which have compact bars. It’s just the way I ride.
  • Coach H
    Coach H Posts: 1,092
    Handlebar bunfight aside, this is a great looking bike in my preferred colour for the Master
    Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Thanks :-)
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    The bars are fine the way they are. I’m quite capable of using the hoods on this bike but I generally ride on the drops (a lot) or the tops and only use the hoods when I’m out of the saddle – even on my other two bikes which have compact bars. It’s just the way I ride.

    Well it certainly looks better than the old style set up on my classic bikes - with the very square hoods that stick out at 90 degrees from the bars so they are uncomfortably far down the curve of the drop. They are useable but I think one of the great developments of recent years is brake hoods that blend into the bars better.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Kal85
    Kal85 Posts: 17
    What a bike! I'll be saving pics of your bike for my future build. To the 'bay we go for colnago frameset
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Kal85 wrote:
    What a bike! I'll be saving pics of your bike for my future build. To the 'bay we go for colnago frameset

    Thanks Kal85 :-)
  • Kal85
    Kal85 Posts: 17
    Super sweet ride!
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Lovely looking Colnago, the build does it proud. Steel was always "All day comfort" well before the marketing bods reinvented the term! :shock:

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