Do you use bull bars / tri bars?

[Ham]

Has to be a good excuse to post another of my Metrea build

The bars for a commuter are one of the bestest things about it. The Metrea bars could be used on any other build, but I suspect without the shifter shape for your hands, they wouldn't be quite as effective.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Nice wheels! (very similar to mine!)
OT but what exactly is the strap-like thing you've got around the brake lever? It looks quite thin but obviously does the job. Hair band?

[Ham]

Similar, but as I didn't build yours, not the same.

That loop will be the elastic thingy provided with the Click Stand wot you can see holding it up

[fruitcake]

User Review: Tres beau bullhorn, très léger, ergonomique, avec passage pour les cables de freins

 
Google suggests you can only now get them in OverSize stem version, and they used to be £30 at CRC. Mine are almost mint! Offers welcome ...

Thanks mattc. I'm hoping to get something 40 or 38 and for a 1" stem. With that size centre, if I don't like it on my road bike I can transfer the bar to my folder.

Google    chop and flip handlebars    to see options to convert an old pair of drops to "bullhorn style" - I had these on my fixed for a while, excellent for city riding (with bar end brake levers)

This is what I'll try next, as it is probably the best way of sourcing something in the unusual sizes I want.

[robgul]

User Review: Tres beau bullhorn, très léger, ergonomique, avec passage pour les cables de freins

 
Google suggests you can only now get them in OverSize stem version, and they used to be £30 at CRC. Mine are almost mint! Offers welcome ...

Thanks mattc. I'm hoping to get something 40 or 38 and for a 1" stem. With that size centre, if I don't like it on my road bike I can transfer the bar to my folder.

Google    chop and flip handlebars    to see options to convert an old pair of drops to "bullhorn style" - I had these on my fixed for a while, excellent for city riding (with bar end brake levers)

This is what I'll try next, as it is probably the best way of sourcing something in the unusual sizes I want.

Two points: make sure you cut the tube so that the bar-end brake levers can go in (i.e. not on a curve)  - and I used a plumber's pipe cutter to cut the ali tube rather than a hacksaw, making a neater job of it.

And - alternatives for brake levers would be cyclo-cross type levers either side of the stem.

Rob

[fruitcake]

Good tips. Thanks Rob

[JennyB]

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Thanks mattc. I'm hoping to get something 40 or 38 and for a 1" stem. With that size centre, if I don't like it on my road bike I can transfer the bar to my folder.

In that case, maybe cut down a straight bar and add a pair of ski-type bar ends?

When I had a flipped-and-chopped bar many years ago, I was grateful for the position right at the back of the 'horns' whenever I wanted to sit up and stretch my back. Don't get a bar with an awkward curve there.