Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

It also has rear light pointing at the mudguard. Not ideal.

agreed. also that ultra light saddle and bend oversized fork are ridiculous.

That’s fine, actually work well, as it is very bright and also spread the light on the mudguard making it more visible.

Friend rented a CX bike the other day, I liked the cable discs. Easier maintenance (than hydro), and still performing better than most calipers/cantis. And hydro groupsets are absurdly expensive still.

I was pondering getting a CX frame, cable discs with my current groupset, then maybe upgrade to hydro a few years down the line when they're a lot cheaper. It's the only way to switch from rim brakes to discs without buying a whole bike outright (probably better value doing that but whatever)

I found the HY/RD hydro disc calipers a nice compromise between easy cable installation and having a more assertive pull than fully mechanical ones-that said I'm sure they are still slacker than full hydro but if you can find them cheap then they're not a bad option.

Yeah, heard they're pretty good. TRP Spyre are apparently far and away the best full mechanical, and the cheaper, next best option. Compressionless housing makes a big difference too apparently.

You still get 90% of the disc brake advantages: no rim wear, better performance in the wet, being able to use different wheel sizes, etc., but at a fraction of the cost

That's exactly what I read on the internet as well - yet my three best bike buddies all swear by Avid BB7's - so that's what I bought and even with standard (non compressionless) brake housing they work great.

TRP Spyre are apparently far and away the best full mechanical.

It is good, but I found single pull brakes like Haye CX, BB7s etc. felt more powerful and lighter to operate.

Compressionless housing makes a big difference too apparently

That's 50% of the performance for mechanical discs.

TRP Spyre are apparently far and away the best full mechanical,

Don't beleive the hype, the one I had was rather underwhelming when compared to a bb7.

25.4 or 26.0 clamp silver flat bars with slight sweepback and at least 680mm wide.

Any suggestions?

Got some 620mm nittos but they're not comfortable, would like 700 ideally.

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The Nitto made Surly Torsion bars are 666mm but good luck finding some.

I thought the view was curved forks didn't really work with discs? Or did I misunderstand @edscoble ?

I didn’t originally claimed that but agree about it as with disc fork need to be strong enough to withstand the force of the brakes, a straight fork make more sense (especially coming from a bike with a massive rake).

A framevuilder, victorix or something made this claim with his Rando build

Why would that be a bigger concern with disc brakes than rim brakes?
The longer distance between caliper and hub would give more leverage to the bending forces and much more fork leg to bend.

And for the 70-102 mm of the fork leg where the disc brake forces work, I don’t think a curved fork is more bendy by design.

Where I see the problem is in the assymmetri of the disc brake working on only one fork leg causing whatever bending there is to influence on steering. Both straight and curved forks.

On One do a kinda nice one called Fleegle. probs out of stock or something tho

This is the only thing I could find, only available in white, have ordered one that I'll strip and polish. For £12 posted can't argue with a bit of elbow grease.

Just cross posting from current projects

I have some of these going spare. If anyone’s interested pop me a DM.

http://www.wigglestatic.com/product-media/5360061148/1348479035-rit_Classic10degBar_zoom1000.jpg?w=1200&h=1200&a=7

Soma Osprey https://www.justpedal.nl/en/multiposition-handlebar/2085-soma-bar-osprey-25-4mm.html?search_query=Osprey+&results=2

Probably re but anyway

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Super nice, can't afford right now tho

Grrrrr. Wish they were still available.

Any bars out there you can think of that are like that but also with a bit of a rise?