Comments on: Commuter Bikes http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/ Handcrafted Excellence, One Bike at a Time Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Phil Koop http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-178 Phil Koop Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:11:26 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-178 "much cooler than ugly bar ends" Eye of the beholder! You've done what's right for you - that's the point of a custom bike - but if I decided I needed gears on my commuter I would go with an internal hub + drops with barend shifters, rather than those ugly bullhorns! “much cooler than ugly bar ends”

Eye of the beholder! You’ve done what’s right for you - that’s the point of a custom bike - but if I decided I needed gears on my commuter I would go with an internal hub + drops with barend shifters, rather than those ugly bullhorns!

]]> By: ph http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-177 ph Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-177 how cool to see interest in my bike from chile! that handlebar has been getting a few glances. while it may have been chosen for a practical purpose (why can't shimano make a shifter to fit on drops?), it functions very well. on the positive side, it provides varied usable grip options: the flat bar over the brakes is long and comfortable, while the wide bullhorn offers an aggressive grip when I'm up off the saddle. on the negative side, the 57-cm width at the widest point of the bullhorn won't suit everyone (it tails in to 46 cm at the tips). it works for me, though -- and it's much cooler than ugly bar ends. how cool to see interest in my bike from chile!
that handlebar has been getting a few glances. while it may have been chosen for a practical purpose (why can’t shimano make a shifter to fit on drops?), it functions very well. on the positive side, it provides varied usable grip options: the flat bar over the brakes is long and comfortable, while the wide bullhorn offers an aggressive grip when I’m up off the saddle. on the negative side, the 57-cm width at the widest point of the bullhorn won’t suit everyone (it tails in to 46 cm at the tips). it works for me, though — and it’s much cooler than ugly bar ends.

]]> By: David http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-176 David Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:20:39 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-176 The handlebar is a old style mountain bike bar with bull horns that wrap around forward. You will have problems trying to put MTB shifters or levers on road bars, as the diameter of bars are slightly different. No need to apologise - your English is far better than my Spanish! The handlebar is a old style mountain bike bar with bull horns that wrap around forward. You will have problems trying to put MTB shifters or levers on road bars, as the diameter of bars are slightly different.

No need to apologise - your English is far better than my Spanish!

]]> By: Sebastian Cruz http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-175 Sebastian Cruz Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:59:44 +0000 http://www.truenorthcycles.com/2008/07/29/commuter-bikes/#comment-175 Hello i love your bikes, theres a lot of ideas I like to use in a personal project I have had for years, I was wondering If you can post more pictures of these bikes http://www.truenorthcycles.com/wp-content/gallery/city/ph_bike.jpg specially the handlebar, I tried to modify a road handle bar so my shifter and both brake levers can fit, but I didn't like how it look, Thank you very much I'm sorry for the spelling, but i speak spanish Sebastian Cruz CHILE Hello i love your bikes, theres a lot of ideas I like to use in a personal project I have had for years, I was wondering If you can post more pictures of these bikes http://www.truenorthcycles.com/wp-content/gallery/city/ph_bike.jpg specially the handlebar, I tried to modify a road handle bar so my shifter and both brake levers can fit, but I didn’t like how it look, Thank you very much

I’m sorry for the spelling, but i speak spanish

Sebastian Cruz
CHILE

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