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@Heldring i do like that Klunker bar, but i actually just put something similar on my Nishiki. And no doubt the LD stem is pretty #cool, just cant get myself to do it... I think this bike is having an identity crisis.. The bars determine so much!

Ive ordered a +35 deg stem, so we'll see how that works out. But meanwhile ive realized what setup i don't want. ;)

Seeing as im not nearly as cool as @Hulsroy and cant just weld more steerer on, i figured id try something else..

Drilled the old starnut out and installed a 1-1/8" quill to ahead adapter

Now instead of using a starnut (because it would block the bolt to loosen the adapter), i used an expander (which i had to cut down to get it low enough to avoid huge spacers ontop of stem).

It was at this moment i realized i bought a bike 10 sizes too small.. (and which setup im not that into)

But wait. This got me thinking.. what am i actually going to use this bike for? In other words, #whatbars.

I boiled it down to this is my new bike camping/ dicking around/ multisurface bike. It will ride gravel, asphalt, singletrack, trails, city, and in a fucking playful manner. Therefore, it needs some fucking playful bars.

The perfect candidate:
-10cm rise so i can uninstall the tower of spacers bodge, and be a normal starnut kinda guy again)
-hella sweep for mad comfy hand/wrist positioning while long days in the saddle
-dece width so i can be playful af

this was of course a mini motocross handlebar from an autoparts store..

So what is this bike? i guess its a fast and light mountainbike for touring/bikepacking/klunking/wheelieing/skidding, with 650b tires and a motorcycle cockpit.