I only ride flared drops. The flare in flared drops are mostly for wrist clearance out of the saddle or in technical body-English situations. I feel the width changes from the hoods to the hooks to the ends are also beneficial for different modes during a ride: aero cruising, control on technical trails or descents, and leverage for honking up a loose hill.
I’ve settled on Nitto RM-3s from Blue Lug or Somafab. It’s my favorite. The 25.4 is often out of stock, but is my favorite bar. I have them on three bikes; my Fitz Supermoto, Quickbeam fixed gear, and Bontrager road bike. The angled hoods are very comfortable to me, and the drops give great control. I set flared bars up high, so the hooks are the main position, but I use the hoods and tops, too. The On-One Midge bar is similar to the RM-3; I like it almost as much. The RM-013 someone else mentioned is also a good bar. Deeper, more reach, and less flare. On the other end of the spectrum is the Woodchipper, which is short, shallow, and flared. The hooks aren’t angled much, but the tops are wide. You can see the RM-3s on my Quickbeam here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClKbS02PGoN/?igshid=MWI4MTIyMDE= Philip Sonoma County, Calif On Friday, December 9, 2022 at 6:36:15 AM UTC-8 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hey everyone! > I posted earlier about reach in converting to a wider bar and decided to > start a different conversation to get opinions on wide-ish, flared drops. > > I like the Nitto Noodle quite well, but I think I do want a little flare > and I don't want to bend them myself. So what's good out there? I'm tempted > by the Crust Towel Rack, but I'd love to hear what you all like. > > If it helps/matters, the kind of riding I do with the bike it's going is > casual rails-to-trails, some rolling gravel roads, but nothing too > technical or serious. > > Thanks! > Ben > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c1721769-8fdb-46e2-a679-1ce9770f8e88n%40googlegroups.com.
