Good Handlebar for Bike Commuting

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The Velo Orange Crazy Bars are one of the wackiest handlebars on the face of the earth, but they're so crazy, they work. They're essentially a swept back alt bar with bullhorn extensions stuck to it, the mullet of handlebars: business in the middle, party at the ends. They're a surprisingly good handlebar for bike commuting.
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0:00 - So Crazy, They Work
0:59 - The Mullet of Handlebars
3:36 - Crazy Bar Pros and Cons
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30 июл 2024

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@tyson8254 Месяц назад

wake up babe, zach's weekly alt bar video dropped

@2ezv319 Месяц назад

Nobody: Zach: check out my alt bar

@jarperhones5364 Месяц назад

I LOVE my crazy bars! I put bar end shifters on the bullhorns, and for a comfort/touring oriented mtb it's perfect perfect

@pedxing 21 день назад

GENIUS! that sounds like a challenge. I have some Rivendell bar ends just looking for a project. =)

@cosinus_square Месяц назад

The reason VO don't offer them in 25.4/26mm is that you can't possibly use a quill stem with these bars, the majority of 25.4/26mm are used with quill stems. It's not worth to VO to offer alternatives for the 9 people on the planet that own a 25.4/26mm removable face plate quill stem.

@scrooge1913 Месяц назад

There are tons of threadless 1/18 stems with 25.4/26.0 mm handlebar clamp diameter. They were super common as early as the late 90's and are still available for purchase. I have a Thomson 25.4 stem on my Lynskey GR300 with the Velo Orange Randonneur bar. And yes I would definitely buy a 25.4 crazy bar. The original Crazy bar was actually 25.4 I've seen one in the wild!

@redkeyspoke Месяц назад

Yeah, the stock wabi stem is 26.0

@cosinus_square Месяц назад

@@scrooge1913 yeah but 2 bolt removable faceplate stems are quite shit, everybody knows that even VeloOrange, lol

@nicklucc 22 дня назад

The Nitto B2522AA Jitensha handlebar - 610mm is my personal favorite commuting handlebar, having switched between so many (bullhorns, classic drops, micro drops, wide bars, narrow risers, and maybe a few more) over the years. Nitto Bullmoose, a close second!

@miffachan123 Месяц назад

this has been my set up for the whole time. flat bar with bar ends in the middle.

@communist-hippie Месяц назад

Smart

@stinkyfinn6977 Месяц назад

Been doing this for years with barends by moving them them inbord , turn your favourite flat bars in to a decent crazy bar without the crazy price people

@goblinpiper Месяц назад

You're so much better off just getting some flat bars at your preferred width and backsweep and adding bar ends inboard of your controls, that way you get literally all the benefits of the crazy bars but can pick your preferred backsweep, rise, width, horn width and horn tilt angle. I run ritchey kyotes with generic bar ends which are half the price as crazy bars and have way more adjustability.

@PSmitty364 Месяц назад

I’ve done this exact thing without ever seeing anyone else do it. Worked really well and enjoyed the diff positions…tho it didn’t look pretty

@goblinpiper Месяц назад

@@PSmitty364 ikr I'm always torn between keeping the bar ends on and having a comfy and out of the wind position, or taking them off and the whole cockpit suddenly looked a lot better

@PSmitty364 Месяц назад

@@goblinpiper for sure. At the same time, the bike I had em on was for commuting. So meh.. didn’t care. I will say what sucked was when I got a pair of bar ends that were grooved to only allow them to mount on the ends! lol…had to go back and explain what I was doing. I got funny looks but again… meh!

@peterbedford2610 Месяц назад

I've thought about doing this as well

@galenkehler Месяц назад

Wide bars like that hurt my shoulders 😂

@MarchuxProductions Месяц назад

Even with the backsweep?

@NinthwaveThe Месяц назад

I have Koga Denham handlebars which hit the market before the VO crazy. I too found them to wide and wind catchy so I cut the equivalent of the exposed metal from the endgrips to the horns. Perfect.

@basilyashchenko5389 27 дней назад

I`m currently riding a belt drive singlespeed Soma Wolverine with Jones H-Bar and a front rack, and it`s sooo upright and comfortable.

@jasonshaw2065 Месяц назад

I have the Seine bars and put separate horns on them so i can place them at the right width for me. Me likey. Great video thanks!

@not-fishing4730 Месяц назад

I'd use those horns a lot because I like riding with my hands on the hoods. I'd be cutting down the bar (to wide) and adding GORIX Bike Ergo Grips Cork Bar End Lock On Handlebar Mountain Bicycle MTB. They really reduce nerve pinch in my palms. For my commuter I used folding wire panniers on a rigid mountain bike.

@bearclaw10 Месяц назад

whoa those are some crazy bars

@unconventionalleo 19 дней назад

I'm new to bike commuting and the width of these really scares me! I don't know if I'd ever fit between a couple of cars. But they sure look fun to use.

@mojo42 Месяц назад

"Seine" is the name of the river crossing Paris. It's pretty curvy, maybe that's why they choose that name.

@seymour2113 Месяц назад

Funky tunes in this one, nice!

@SedatedGhostwriter Месяц назад

I rotate through three handlebars, depending on where I'm going and carrying: *jungle runner - wide roads and I have a handlebar bag *pursuit bar - urban areas with heavy traffic, wearing a backpack *flat bar - a bit more versatile, but a bit limiting on hand potions

@puro52 Месяц назад

kinda have that on my gravel-fixex Cinelli tutto+, big sweep flats with bar extender in the middle for that quirky tri-tuck wich is very comfortable when mostly in flats for long time

@noptimized Месяц назад

I have a pair of these, but I ended up swapping them off. The only minor problem I had, but was critical, is that the horns point too straight forward. I think that before I reinstall these on a bike, I'll bend the horns inward a few degrees or find some other way to better mimic the ergonomics of a brake hood.

@harrisonweiland6851 Месяц назад

I’m a drop bar commuter/bike delivery guy. Drops the way to go. If you get a wide enough bar you will have every hand position you could ever want. This is coming from a guy that has spent at least 300-400 for the Extra handlebars and still rides the stock wines😊

@cablemodem Месяц назад

You actually did it, you ommited the right vowels and said Seine correctly.

@bparker Месяц назад

Now they just need to add a "drop" and they've pretty much got all the positions!

@Bravonewyork Месяц назад

In NYC those bars don’t work

@davidmurphy9151 Месяц назад

unicycles only

@Quill13 Месяц назад

Hello zach, what do you have to say with "Always loose, wobbly, broken...Square tapered Type" Left Crank arm.

@HeavyLeadBelly Месяц назад

Surly makes some crazy bars too.

@thewaifupillow Месяц назад

How do these compare to the albastache?

@notl33t Месяц назад

that's practically a cargo bike! daaaaang. but faster than, i think.

@russellzauner Месяц назад

for when you aren't getting steebed enough when you stack on the handle barz

@greatmouflon Месяц назад

I dont understand why zack has 20lbs in the front but nothing in the rear. A bit of weight disteibution would make the bike so much more fun to ride.

@generalprinciple7312 Месяц назад

Rear racks are ugly

@greatmouflon Месяц назад

@generalprinciple7312 having a 20 lbs huge bag in the front is uglier to me.... I agree that an empty front rack is more hip though. I sont think rear racks are all ugly though. And for what Zack does, he can have a light and slick one that matches the anesthetics of the fenders and front rack ( nitto)

@Weevil_Fam Месяц назад

i feel like california has been even more windy lately

@mikerossi4741 Месяц назад

I give you a few more years before you’re in the Rivendell camp. Y’all heard it here first.

@quyuc9334 Месяц назад

name of your stem?

@MangoJim90 Месяц назад

"...have a little bit of fun opening up your chest...") 😊

@Weevil_Fam Месяц назад

wind FOH: weather reporters+set and media wind BOh- meteorologists and weather balloons

@MTech-ss9yo Месяц назад

Mmmm steel fixed gear goodies

@snakejuice8962 Месяц назад

@zachgallardo sir your straps are clearly on wrong. I’ve been using straps since 2010. Just a heads up. You need to build up your experience points. lol