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The Solo Socialist:
Drops or Bullhorns?
Ally or Carbon?
Stem Carbon or Ally?

mrcharly-YHT:
Fatter tyres run at moderate pressures

JonB:
Been running these bull horns since September http://velosolo.co.uk/nittobull.html along with aero levers http://velosolo.co.uk/dia188.html. I really like the set up as I rarely used the drops on fixed. It's nice having the little up turn at the end of the bar, the hands just seem to sit really nicely into it, when I rode the geared bike a few weeks ago the small drop to the hoods felt strange (that didn't last long).  I did feel my hands getting sore at the end of the Ball Buster audax on Saturday but I think this was all the pulling on the bars when climbing, I might look into some different gloves or maybe double wrapping tape. The position of the brake levers works really well, I toyed with having a pair of levers mounted on the flats but opted for the bar ends, there's plenty of leverage when descending and they seem to be 'to hand' quite readily. Can't comment on alloy versus carbon as I've only ever had alloy components.

Ivan:
I've got the Cinelli Mash Bullhorns. A bit hipster, but has incredibly comfortable flat sections and with gel inserts & padded tape covering the ridiculous logo managed 2500km on the TransatlanticWay with no numbness at all.  Not PBP-legal of course, so not too sure what I will fit next year.

Agree on the tyre pressures as well though - much more important than carbon vs steel. Double wrapping the bars helps a lot - not just for the increased padding but for a larger surface area to distribute the pressure.

Greenbank:
Likewise I never really use the drops so got rid of them...

Profile T2-Wing bullhorns (nice flat sections in the middle)
MarSAS Audax foam tape underneath.
Profile Century Tri-bars

Here was the old bike setup this way before LEL'09: http://www.greenbank.org/bikes/tempo/tempo7.jpg

Used the same setup (without the tri-bars) for PBP'11: http://www.greenbank.org/audax/pbp_02.jpg

Tri-bars back on for MR24 the other year.

Also a fan of bigger tyres and therefore lower pressures (max I use is 25mm tyres instead of 23mm, I'd use 28mm if they'd would fit).

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