Flat and Alt Bars - comfort and bike-handling

[SprokenBroke]

I’ve spent so much time, effort, and TBH money on this ‘bar trialling that I don’t think I could justify more, but I’d be interested to read how you fared with them.

I was joking. Have you seen how narrow they are?

[SprokenBroke]

Has anyone considered the Koga Denham bars?
https://www.cyclesense.co.uk/m61b0s745p ... bar-31-8mm

I was eyeing those up. They're like the Velo Orange Crazy bar (which they are based on) but without the rise. I'm wondering if there's anything to choose between them. How much difference would the rise make?

[freiston]

Has anyone considered the Koga Denham bars?
https://www.cyclesense.co.uk/m61b0s745p ... bar-31-8mm

I did consider them but decided on the Velo Orange Crazy bar instead, mostly down to availability and price.

[Nearholmer]

I was joking

Yes, and so was I.

[richardfm]

Has anyone considered the Koga Denham bars?
https://www.cyclesense.co.uk/m61b0s745p ... bar-31-8mm

I did consider them but decided on the Velo Orange Crazy bar instead, mostly down to availability and price.

There's very little difference in price now and both seem to be available.

[Nearholmer]

You guys are going to set me off again, because those VO ones do look pretty interesting.

[freiston]

Before deciding on the Crazy bar (v.2), I did look at Alee's web page but that gives the dimensions of the Crazy bar v.1. I understand that the horns on v.1 were longer and straighter but I don't know if other things have changed, particularly thinking about distance between horns and sweep.

I reckon that deciding between the two (Koga & VO), the differences are small but those small differences could be a big difference to some people - I either got lucky or am not that sensitive to the differences. On the other hand, I struggled with the Surly Moloko.

[freiston]

Here's a link that reviews v.2 of the Crazy bar and describes the changes from v.1:

https://bikepacking.com/gear/velo-orang ... rs-review/

[SprokenBroke]

I was considering putting some bog standard riser bars on my Dawes Galaxy. I recently did a weeks tour on a hybrid and it was perfectly fine. I'm so used to the hybrid that when I get on the Dawes the handlebars feel too narrow and I get back pain. The top tube and stem length on the two bikes are about the same so it should work. Those bars with an extreme backsweep might cause problems with stem length.