Stoker bars

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Originally posted by ian-m
Hi,

Has anyone tried a pair of these as "normal" road bars? - ie without any tri-bars attached:

http://www.profile-design.com/roadbars_stoker.html

They look like an ideal sustitute for flat bars & bar ends (if you have the right shifters)

Thanks

ian

you'd need bar-end shifters and would lose all the benefits of sti, and for what gain?

Hi Eddie,

I thought I had seen bars like this with sti shifters on the ends - but if I had to buy bar end shifters too, I agree, it wouldn't be worth it.

I'm looking at these because I can't find a comfortable position on my drop bars - and I'd never use the drop section anyway. I've done a lot of riding with flat bars & bar ends and really like the riding position that gives me.

Thanks

maybe you could use mtb shifters? would look strange though. still, it's your bike

Hi Eddie,

... or I could even use Shimano's flat bar road shifters:

http://www.shimano-europe.com/cycling/catalogue/content_prodx.phtml?pid=10526&psid=10525

Pity my other bike has Campag though - still, if I leave it as is, at least it won't look strange :-)