Handlebar Question
aod43254
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So I'm fairly new to cycling (only been riding for about a month and really just for fitness purposes), but anyway I happened to go into a local used sporting goods store near me and saw this bike and am kinda confused by the handlebars what it's with the horizontal sections on the drops going back toward the bike. What is with these handlebars, do they serve some purpose, are they something irregular or just something seen in a different style of bike?
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Scott something or others (or based on anyway). Popular for a while in the late eighties/early nineties. Gash idea and they look shite. Nice bike though.0
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Scott Drop-ins. Favoured by Greg Lemond and now mostly sought-after by people on Retrobike building Lemond team replicas. Give you a very aero, but UCI-legal position. Apparently not the stiffest things ever made, however. Will be worth money to the right nostalgia nut.0
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Thanks for the answers, I was really wondering about it when I saw it and had trouble finding anything online with just a physical description. 964Cup I wish you hadn't told me it could be worth money to the right person, now I almost want to go back to the store and find out how much they're asking for the bike and buy it just for the sake of reselling lol.0
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I'd buy it as it's a retro cool 'Dale, slams some deep rims and normal bars and retro mod it.
Sell those weird bars and the wheels to offset costs. Cool bike for next to nothing.
Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it now. Buy it.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I would buy it for the bike and flog the bars0
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Retro bars. Useful to anyone with a retro project. I had some circa 1988.
They will always be a talking point if you buy the bike. Great ice breaker if you meet other cyclists when you are out riding.
Buy, it's good to be different.0 -
Have you bought it yet?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Have you bought it yet?
What d'ya reckon it is? CAAD 2 maybe?0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Have you bought it yet?
I have not, I may go back to the store tomorrow and find out howmuch their asking and the specific model so I can find out roughly what it's worth vs what they're asking.0 -
Garry H wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:Have you bought it yet?
What d'ya reckon it is? CAAD 2 maybe?
Going by the old quill stem I reckon you're right - my old beautiful CAAD 4 that I should never ever have sold had a thicker quill, so I'll go with that.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
aod43254 wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:Have you bought it yet?
I have not, I may go back to the store tomorrow and find out howmuch their asking and the specific model so I can find out roughly what it's worth vs what they're asking.
Buy it today. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it now. Go on, buy it. Buy it and slam some 50s on. be soooo retromod cool.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0
