Velo Solo Squeeze bar

[rogerzilla]

Is it really solid aluminium?  Why? A calculation suggests it will weigh over 2kg.

http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shopbar.html

Since when has "reassuringly hefty" been an good thing on a bicycle? 

I'm actually in the market for a short straight hipster handlebar, but I don't want a 2kg one...

[Torslanda]

I know we're all desperate to be hip'n'groovy (NOT!) but why the PHUQ would anyone want a solid handlebar?

The vibration would give you whitefinger within 10 miles and that's before you've realised that there's two kinds of brake lever you can fit.*



*Nowt & bugger all . . .

[rogerzilla]

There are 25.4mm brake levers for straight bars - they're quite common now.

[Kim]

I know we're all desperate to be hip'n'groovy (NOT!) but why the PHUQ would anyone want a solid handlebar?

The vibration would give you whitefinger within 10 miles and that's before you've realised that there's two kinds of brake lever you can fit.

Rule 34 Shirley?  Being solid allows you to machine the requisite smooth tapered ends, and any vibration in use won't be directed at the fingers.

I expect a matching brake lever for, erm, additional stimulation is a work in progress...

[Torslanda]

Wish I'd never asked  . . .

[Polar Bear]

Ease off the clamp bolt and you might just have a kosh.   

[Torslanda]

There are 25.4mm brake levers for straight bars - they're quite common now.

Not round here. Mind you we're so unhip...