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Just waiting for the last bits to arrive in the post....
Also realised it has an Italian threaded BB so not going to be rideable until i can get that sorted out.....

What bars have you got coming in the post?

I was going to stick with the bars in the picture; some black x-lite risers. Problem is they don't fit the brake lever I have so I do need some new ones. Any reconsiderations?

What axle length do you need for the Italian BB?

I was going to stick with the bars in the picture; some black x-lite risers. Problem is they don't fit the brake lever I have so I do need some new ones. Any reconsiderations?

Yeah scrap the risers and get some bullhorns.

I was using a Campag Centaur 111mm an wanted to replace it with the something similar

Yeah scrap the risers and get some bullhorns.

then flip the bullhorn upside down and ride it like a moustache bar!

get some pursuit bars, someone has some mavic ones for £20 on here.

me ;)

Pursuit bars are great for longer rides and open stretches of road (and headwinds). But in all honesty for hacking it around town risers are the answer for lo-pros.

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Pursuit bars are great for longer rides and open stretches of road (and headwinds). But in all honest for hacking it around town risers are the answer for lo-pros.

if that is the answer the question must be why did they buy a lo-pro....

They are this seasons hot thing.. don'tcha know?

hacking it around town....lo-pros.

this makes me laugh

I prefer to slice though town. I intentionally got a smaller frame so it's more 'nippy' and responsive.

lo-pros are better "in town" because the handlebars are set at an easier height for your hand when you are pushing your bike along the pavement, the "shoreditch way"

pifko - and painful?

pifko - and painful?

Yeah, but it looks cool, so I don't really care. I also find these smaller frames easier to skidz on.

barspin?

The problem with pursuit bars for round town comes not because they make you too low, its because they negate the manoeuvrability benefits of the steep angled front end and 650c wheel (which collectively frequently negates problems of overlap). The main issue I've found with pursuit bars (based on a good few thousand miles on them - and using them now) is they are impossible to make sharp turns whilst in the pursuit bit of the bar, so you end up riding on the top / flat bit much of the time, which invariably slopes the wrong way for any degree of comfort or real sense of control. Conversely the riser bar, particularly with a decent backwards sweep, becomes very comfy as you are frequently falling on to the bar from a greater height and a steeper angle than you would on another bike (lo-pros normally being lower at the front and shorter in the TT (effective TT that is) than 'normal' bikes - their advantages IMHO)

Whilst many jump to the conclusion that pursuit bars are better for a lo-pro, it seems that most of the time this decision is based on aesthetics rather than performance (contrary to projected persona of those who make the arguments), and often by people who've never ridden a lo-pro. I think what many on this here forum seem to forget at times is that bikes designed for riding around London are by definition neither track bikes nor TT nor road bikes, and not MTBs. Other things come in to play, like being able to steer and see easily being two that don't need to be applied to TT bikes for example, or like being able to survive impacts with potholes, which road or track bikes don't need to do.

Riser bars may be criticised for being "hipster" material, but people use them for a reason, and its not aesthetic in its entirety.

this makes me laugh

why?

the juxtaposition of the bicycle in question and the environment.

you are right about pursuit bars, but then the choice of a lo-pro is impractical anyway, like has been said.

Oh. Ok :)

I think the lo-pro is better than the track bike for the environment in question. I really do. I'm just about to sell all my "track" frames off and just keep the lo-pro(s) and the road bike (if I ever finish the fucker).

650c FTW! I'm currently pondering going 650c F+R. It might hold the answer....

this makes me laugh

I actually piss myself whenever I see a BMX on the road.

I mean, it's not like Geekhouse, Affinity, MASH etc. are designed for street riding?

Oh they are.

^ that must get annoying. I'd get a catheter bag pronto. Or plastic pants.