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After my current guitar commission is out the workshop I'm going to start prototyping some wooden bike parts. There seems to be a market for these bits, and Max at Tokyo Fixed seemed excited when I mentioned that I think I could easily make some of this kit. I'm also in early talks with Ricky Feather at Feather Cycles about doing a showpiece tourer with wooden bars, guards and racks. I suppose this thread is a little bit of market research…
Bars
I'm interested to see what profiles of bars people would suggest I manufacture. Drops are out of the question, of course. But I think I could manage to produce bars with both a rise and a sweep (something I've not seen any of the other makers do). Any suggestions of bar profiles that are popular and a nice all rounder? I was thinking of some nice sit up and beg type ones, and perhaps some standard hipster risers. Mentions of specific bar profiles would be great, so I can try and get my hands on some for jig making purposes.
Clamp diameters - which is the standard?
Racks
Now this is a subject I know little about. I'll be working with Ricky to make the racks for that bike, but I think I should be able to make my own racks to retrofit on to most bikes. What are the best retrofit racks available (both front and rear)? And what do you like/not like about them?
Guards
There's a lot of talk about these in another thread, I know. Short fenders to bolt on to brake holes will be easy, no problem. I think I should be able to do race-blade type retrofit ones too. Full guards will be more difficult though as I'll have to work out a way to get past brakes. Compound curvature has been mentioned in the other thread and I'm still working on a way I could do that cost effectively. Are flat guards really that much worse?
Any other suggestions/ideas would be appreciated.