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Lovely OG Solaris! Jones bars are high on my ‘try’ list. I visualised my bike with Joneses when I first decided to go flat bars, especially for their bike touring potential. These Ritcheys aren’t Quite the easiest to strap bags to! Though I’m really quite liking how they make the bike feel like a light and zippy off road fun bike for now.
Can I ask how you found the weight and bar angle of the Jones? Very personal I know but I wonder why if it might make for slower, smoother steering. These Ritcheys are just 680mm so quite ‘light’ steering in comparison!
vthejk
Have you ever used the Jones bars? I put the Planet X knock-offs on my ‘Atb’ thing (almost as a joke) and was pleasantly surprised at how well they work and all the hand positions they offer. You can get a good low lean on the front, or use the generous sweep to really hang off the back of the bike for very steep technical stuff