H Bars

[psyclone1976]

Anyone tried these yet. My mate reckons they are amazing. Is it just a retro idea resurrected?

http://www.jonesbikes.com/update/hbar/index.html

 

[pete_mcc]

They're fantastic, put your hands in a far more natural position, bit like the bars on old raleigh shopper bikes. Got em on my Seven and wouldn't swap them for anything

 

[development_cycle]

mm, but from the images it looks like your hands have to be in one position to brake and another to change gear!

 

[DM]

Depends.
The shifters shown are also brake levers.
But people have had good results running thumbies on them, too.
Rohloff twist shifter less so.

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Does anyone make a clamp-on barend that would do the same job, or would there be too much leverage on the clamp?

I'd love to try a pair, but they're just a little too rich for my blood. I know Titec make something similar...

 

[psyclone1976]

They're fantastic, put your hands in a far more natural position, bit like the bars on old raleigh shopper bikes. Got em on my Seven and wouldn't swap them for anything

What brake lever/gear shifter set up are you running? Any issue with shifting and braking at the same time etc??

 

[cchris2lou]

They are good for singlespeed .

Skide ( member on this forum and owner of Skydecomp.com ) does them a lot cheaper than Jones .

 

[reanimation]

Interesting, be an good upgrade for my urban bike by the look of it, strong price though

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Skide ( member on this forum and owner of Skydecomp.com ) does them a lot cheaper than Jones .

Not so much cheaper. Have you seen what a euro's worth lately?

Jones: $290 = 187€

Skyde: 170€ = $263

that's using an exchange rate of 1€=$1.55. The rate I have in front of me is $1.5527

 

[jeed]

bit cheaper i guess...Jones designed

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product-Tite ... -15044.htm