Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

the future me can go fuck himself, what's he ever done for me?

@MisterMikkel i've set them up dead flat for the commute this morning, if that's not comfy I'll try rolling them back a bit for tomorrow.

I don't have a million pounds

Sounds like a solid plan.
I've been commuting (16km round trip) with flat bars since May, and I'm not even sure I want to go back to drops on my other bikes.
I really enjoy the Ritchey Kyote bars.

wow! awesome! the alpinestars one is SWEEEET!
edit: not actually an alpinestars is it? cant read the brand

Spot on spotter post. Love the middle one.

+1 for bars angled down
+100000 for Ergon GP1 grips. With a 25-35 degree backsweep bar, they are imo the most comfortable cockpit possible. I've moved away from drops entirely after trying them.

edit: not actually an alpinestars is it? cant read the brand

"e-stay Benotto"

https://bikepacking.com/bikes/chad-and-his-26-aint-deaders/

hmmm. after 40k of commuting today, my fingers were deffo less tingly with the bars flat so thanks to those who offered the advice.
the thing is, I kind of realised after today that I really prefer drop bars. I've been riding my sscx with drops to work for the last few weeks and really enjoying it, so I guess I'll be changing the Kepler back again soon.

I've always followed the Jones advice re: swept handlebars and always tilted my down (with ergo grips level/horizontal). Appreciate everyone's different but this has worked great for me...

Function crew. Show me some cool CDF’s?

Wife’s town bike sounds up your alley

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please stop posting CDFS, thank you.

Between this and the gravel/arkose thread what other bikes are needed?

You nicked it didn't you? Not bad

It's incredibly satisfying to have a bike that's so, functional.

Just swapped a few bits for a ride in Epping tomorrow vs earlier this month touring through France.

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😍

Beauty.

How do tomorrow find the Paul brakes?

You're a brave person touring on gravelking slicks (imo!)

Incredibly good!

You're a brave person touring on gravelking slicks (imo!)

I rode a 2/3 thousand km on mine before they started to pick up flats...so as long as they are new ish he should be fine !

I haz Alpinestars. Not being used how it’s supposed to. Used daily though. Mudguards lined up for winter.

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Is there an off the peg tall stack, zero degree stem?
Like the velo orange etc but 0 degree

Nitto Fairweather? 8° Though.

Sim Works Anna Lee 90 Deg, pricy though.

Thats sick