Whats this all about then?..

I was in central london for the first time in ages yesterday and it seems that now all the cycle couriers are using tiny , 12-14inch wide handlebars,

I guess it will allow them to get through small gaps, but rather than srcapping your bars now, wouldnt the fisrt point of contact be your Knees? Ouch!

Knees? Only if you pedal bandy-legged.

When I was (briefly) a messenger in Melbourne, VIC, there was a guy who reckoned his 12" bars let him squeeze between two trams passing in opposite directions. Wouldn't fancy it myself.

Narrow bars have long been a courier thing. They can be helpful - you can always wriggle your body through a gap, but the bars tend to be at wing mirror height.

These days it's part of the fakenger look, like candy-coloured deep V rims and BMX grips. More power to them.

Have a look at fixie inc's car scratchers

Where can I see them?

What's the point of 12" bars when my bloody thighs are as wide as that each......

http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/htdocs/ ... tem_id=634

http://www.cycles-for-heroes.com/2008/index.html

Al6061? I would've thought tungsten carbide was more the thing.

This is always entertaining
There's one guy on there with his bars about a third of his overall girth

Original version here

Well, and we wonder why cyclists get a bad name!!

Absolute nutters, I was putting my brakes on and swerving round pedestrians just watching!!

Mind you, a good version of Johnny B Good I thought

great vid. life in your hands stuff.

bloody idiots