New handlebars for road bike

Slo_Rida

Hey all
I bought a new racing bike late last year and I've taken it out a few times in prep for the first race...just to make sure it fits nicely etc. I have found that the handlebars are a bit too small for my hands. Now I don't have big hands by man standards but maybe I do by cyclist standards. In any case, I'm looking for bars more like my training bike (attached?). It's the long straight part parallel to the brake lever I'm looking for, just so I can grip the drops and use the levers in comfort. It seems all the modern bars are short and shallow.
Can anyone point me in the direction of this type of bar? Or any advice on how to get around it?
Cheers,
Slo

petethedrummer

I have a set of those off an SCR in my box of spares. You can have them for free if you collect. 26mm diameter.

I have the stem too (100mm). €10 for it.

Seaneh

I have a set of these for sale here for a tenner if you're interested.

Slo_Rida

Seaneh wrote: »

I have a set of these for sale here for a tenner if you're interested.

Thanks Seaneh but they are the ones I have (and can't understand). I see no comfortable way of holding them. I find if I'm on the drops I like to keep my wrists straight with my arms and I like to have a 'whole piece of bar' to grip...not just the angled part held between my forefinger and thumb. Do you know what I'm getting at or am I waffling!!? It's hard to explain really.

Slo_Rida

petethedrummer wrote: »

I have a set of those off an SCR in my box of spares. You can have them for free if you collect. 26mm diameter.

I have the stem too (100mm). €10 for it.

Thanks PtD.
I might take up that offer. I was going to put new ones on since it's my first new bike but they are very hard to find. Are yours 44cm? And at the risk of showing my ignorance, what is an SCR?

petethedrummer

The bike in the pic in your first post is a Giant SCR so the bars would be idential to those. They are 40 or 42cm, so probably too narrow. Will measure later.

Slo_Rida

petethedrummer wrote: »

The bike in the pic in your first post is a Giant SCR.

:rolleyes: emabarrassed face?

Thanks, I'd chance a 42 to get the same size bars. It has the right "length" as well if that is the correct term. You know the measurement from the flats to where the curve starts? It's quite long on mine and I want that...

I measured that to be ~100mm on mine.

Seaneh

Slo_Rida wrote: »

Thanks Seaneh but they are the ones I have (and can't understand). I see no comfortable way of holding them. I find if I'm on the drops I like to keep my wrists straight with my arms and I like to have a 'whole piece of bar' to grip...not just the angled part held between my forefinger and thumb. Do you know what I'm getting at or am I waffling!!? It's hard to explain really.

the bars I posted are the same shape as the ones in your picture though...

Slo_Rida

Seaneh wrote: »

the bars I posted are the same shape as the ones in your picture though...

Oh, it looks like they are a lot shorter and shallower. Mine are reach/drop 100/150mm and yours are 87/143mm. That might be close enough but are yours 40cm wide? Ideally I want 44 but would make do with 42cm.

The Big Lebowsky

Had the same problem myself with those damned anatomic handlebars..Get yourself some traditional curved handlebars...
I find the Deda Newton Deep drop handlebars have plenty of room in the drops for my hands..Be careful when ordering these, as they are measured outside to outside...Where as lots of other brands like 3T measure their bars centre to centre. The Deda Newton bars are available in three varieties..Deep..Shallow..and anatomic bends..

I was using 3T rotundo bars, whilst they are deeper than the deda shallow bars, they wouldn't be as deep as the curved deda deep drop ones I now use.

If you don't mind using a non oversized bars and stem..ie 26mm diameter ones, then old skool cinelli 66 Campione Del Mondo bars, Or 3ttt Merckx bend bars... are the ultimate deep drop handlebars..


Deda- Newton Deep


3T-Rotundo


3ttt- Merckx


Cinelli-Campione Del Mondo 66


http://ruedatropical.com/2009/03/road-drop-bar-geometry/

petethedrummer

Slo_Rida wrote: »

Thanks, I'd chance a 42 to get the same size bars. It has the right "length" as well if that is the correct term. You know the measurement from the flats to where the curve starts? It's quite long on mine and I want that...

I measured that to be ~100mm on mine.

They are 44cm outside to outside. 42cm centre to centre. Not sure where to measure the drop or the reach from.

There is one big scuff where I went round a corner too fast.







If you don't want them I'll be dropping them into Rothar or passing them on to any takers.

Slo_Rida

The Big Lebowsky wrote: »

Had the same problem myself with those damned anatomic handlebars..Get yourself some traditional curved handlebars...
I find the Deda Newton Deep drop handlebars have plenty of room in the drops for my hands..Be careful when ordering these, as they are measured outside to outside...Where as lots of other brands like 3T measure their bars centre to centre. The Deda Newton bars are available in three varieties..Deep..Shallow..and anatomic bends..

I was using 3T rotundo bars, whilst they are deeper than the deda shallow bars, they wouldn't be as deep as the curved deda deep drop ones I now use.

If you don't mind using a non oversized bars and stem..ie 26mm diameter ones, then old skool cinelli 66 Campione Del Mondo bars, Or 3ttt Merckx bend bars... are the ultimate deep drop handlebars..


Deda- Newton Deep


3T-Rotundo


3ttt- Merckx


Cinelli-Campione Del Mondo 66


http://ruedatropical.com/2009/03/road-drop-bar-geometry/

Very handy link, thanks.

Slo_Rida

petethedrummer wrote: »

They are 44cm outside to outside. 42cm centre to centre. Not sure where to measure the drop or the reach from.

There is one big scuff where I went round a corner too fast.

If you don't want them I'll be dropping them into Rothar or passing them on to any takers.

They look "the job"! I'll gratefully relieve you of them. Pm on it's way
Thanks a lot,
Slo