London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

Handlebars - Moustache and extra-curved substitutes


Nitto Moustache



Soma El Toro




Soma 3 Speed Bar



Soma Major Taylor



Soma Noah's Arc



Soma Oxford



Soma 3 Sparrow



Ritchey Prologue Base



Oval Cowhorn



Profile Airwing Aero



Nitto Montmarte (ref: Greasy Slag)



Nitto Albatross (ref: Greasy Slag)



Raleigh North Rounder (ref: Provenrad)



On-One Midge



On-One Mungo



On-One Mary (ref: bombadil)



Belleri "Tour" (ref: 50/14)




Nitto Promenade (ref: deadly fanny pack)



Archie Wilkinson Speedway 'Bars

Originally, I was looking for a Nitto Moustache, but its really wide. So to find something similar, but not as wide, I looked for alternative......which included, low-pro bars, but reversed.

I'll keep adding, if anyone knows of more options, or can give an opinion on anything similar.

I have Belleri, will photo later.

There are also On-One Mary - which are quite sweepy.

Thanks, G, you saved me bothering.

Nitto Promenade (same as montmarde but different diameter tubing)

Have you looked here (think they're rebranded Nitto)?
http://www.velo-orange.com/haandst.html
VO Milan.

VO Tourist

VO Montmartre

VO Left bank

Anyone know where you can get the Soma 3 Sparrow? Tried searching online but nothing seems to come up. May ask in BLB ssome point.

has anyone used the major taylors? love how they look, but i like to ride with my hands where the hoods would be.

does the pretty curve mean they're uncomfortable?

3ttt Roma



Cinelli Priest



Phillipe Promenade


Nimrod Northroad



Titan Porteur

I'll try and find pics of the others I can think of.

Just got this 3ttt bar / stem combo off my old mans tandem. (I know the bars are upside down)

Both photos originally posted by the-smiling-buddha in the Porn thread.

Excellent illustration of dual-purpose sit-up-and-beg, or hunker-down-and-race bars. Perfect.

i have them. they look great and are comfortable if a litle heavy. i had to angle them up a little bit to make the area where the hoods would be more horizontal.

the only other thing is that because a lot of the width is made up from the outward sweep of the drops the usable bit of the top is actually very narrow. especially if yr squeezing in a brake and light.

Just got a set of the VO Tourist bars in the post earlier. ON the bike now (upsidedown) waiting to be ridden and tested/adjusted.

Cheers for the pointers!

Cheap alternatives from Bikefix.
Kx.001, have you got a pic yet?

Can anyone suggest a pair of riser bars? Sorry im still in nursery : S

no camera at home, so will try and sort one soon!

those old bikes are 50 and 70 pounds respectively! i wonder how they managed that!

Here are a particularly nice pair of tash bars I have always liked and been curious to know what they are (for some reason I can't copy the picture into the message so here is a link):

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I want these bars.

Anyone ridden randonneur bars? Can you describe the difference between regular road drops when the curved tops and the flared flats. Are they really more comfortable?

Cinelli pope/priest bars (I think). Pop up on ebay now and again for £$£$

this is my favourite of 'the lists'.

Just added this one to the List of Lists. I hadn't done it before, because normally I add the extra data (weight, length) before posting as a completed list. But I realise that its not essential, and its not a bad resource as it is.

Cheers Superprecise for the reminder.

Do anyone know where I can get the Noah's Arc or alternative in England? I'm after those.

do these moustache bars meet the grooming protocol?

I think Mosquito and BLB both carry Soma stuff. If they don't have them in I'm sure they can get them.

I remember BLB have the Major Taylor, but not sure about the Noah's Arc, but I need to pop round to ask them.

AMAZING LITs!!

the best.

Cinelli Popes were actually called Valencia


They're lovely and have somewhat come back into fashion so Cinelli decided to reissue them. Great.
Of course now they only come in black (for that retro look?) and with a OS 31.8 clamp. For F's sake.


Oh to complete the crazy trans generation look they also do a leather tape - £70!
Which, as you can see, even they weren't stupid enough to put on black bars. No, on the silver ones they don't do anymore. Great, thanks cinelli.

Ed am I your new favourite person? £7.99 BIN

:D ^

legend! PM him for fuck's sake!

Ahh that look great! thought not exactly the same curve sweep as the Noah's Arc, but at least it's an decent alternate, thank mate!

picky picky.

http://archie-wilkinson.co.uk/index....roducts_id=204

Flip these around and chop the ends in a bit and they would look pretty sweet!

Ooof! That bar/stem is bloody GORGEOUS.

+1 Tomasito's been at for ages, but this is the year of the funny bars for me. Banging some belleri's on my Path bike for a new riding position whatever the era-correctness fail.

johnp3004, excellent find. Thanks.

Got my midge bars a couple of days ago, for my utility bike. Really stiff, nice amount of top flat for such heavily flared bars, good width for control on mild trails, and brake hood hand position should be perfect for comfy road use. So far I'm really impressed.
Just need my Tektro RL 520s (V-brake compatible drop-bar levers) to come back (long story), and I can start putting it all together.

+1 for Midge bars - i've got them on my ss pompino - which i used for the Surrey Rumble a few weeks back - 100 miles that day - comfy as you like, though the fashion police aren't big fans.

My utility bike is all about function over form. Designed to commute through Norwegian winters; carry 50 Ltrs in panniers; or carry the nippa to nursery.
When the upgrading is finished finished it'll be...

Brandless, clear coated, alu hybrid frame
Carbon cycloX forks
Deore MTB groupset with V-brakes
Deore hubs laced 36 spoke 3x (plan to go 40 spoke rear, in future)
Full mudguards
32/28mm (R/F) tyres in the summer 40mm studded for winter
Midge bars with bar-end shifters.
double panniers with zip-on top bag or child-seat.

If it was'nt so utility-like, I would'nt have been able to justify building so much fun into my fixed ;)

Apols for derail. Back on-topic.

Midge-like dirt drop bars

Orion-8 commuter (look lots like the midge, rebrand?)
http://wheelandsprocket.com/itemdetails.cfm?id=8223


WTB anatomic dirt drops
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WTB-Bars-dirt-...1%7C240%3A1318

Nitto Albatross:



http://www.trophybikes.com/catalog.p...=-1&prodid=314

Nice, these may have to feature on a build in the (very distant) future.

cinelli priest...
http://velospace.org/files/cinelliface.jpg
source: http://velospace.org/node/11237

Was looking for one, found one in ebay, £100!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-NOS-Cinel...3286.m63.l1177

can anyone tell me about 3ttt Moustache bars.. are they good quality? I got offered really cheap and thinking of purchasing for my new beater.. I know nothing about them, any advice would be helpful

handlebar are handlebar, if it is comfortable, then keep it.

it's 3TTT, I somewhat doubt that quality would be an issue.

thats what Im trying to establish, is 3ttt a cheap substitute or good quality.. couldnt find any info in my search

define 'good quality', as in likely to break or as in it look pretty enough?

3TTT make quality components. Done.

I noticed above for example a link that has substitute bars for 18 quid...are they any different in reality to say the Nitto bars? Im trying to ask if 3ttt are quality or not