yeah, before seeing this bar I was planning to buy a wide bullhorn bar with bar end shifters, but now I can just use this bar and even put hydraulic brakes. But I think Surly should have make this front horns longer to be able to put hands on it for resting position.
@@justdude8115 If the horns are the same diameter as the tips, which seems to be the case, a Controltech Terminator bar end extension should fit for an extra 20mm.
I just built a gravel bike with a corner bar. I wanted to run components I already had from a mountain bike that I cannibalized to keep the whole build cheap so this was my best option. So far I've been very happy. I will say that a SRAM Eagle shifter works really well. My thumb is right there for both shifts. Personally, I dislike the thumb only shifting of Eagle shift levers, but on the corner bar it just works for me. On singletrack I have handling confidence and on long climbs or road sections I've got multiple hand positions for comfort. I'm so far very impressed. I'm contemplating putting some on one of my mountain bikes.
Cool! I'm a mechanic at a bike shop and one of our great customers is going to have us build up a Trek 1120 with these handlebars so I was so happy to see that you had a great review on them! Cool! Now I have some ideas to share with my customer! I also have an 1120 and I love drop bars and maybe someday I'll give these bars a try! Again, thanks for the review and ideas for how to set them up!
I’ve ridden drop bars off road since the 80’s (yeah, I’m old) Been running hydraulic brakes on my fat bike which pretty much locked me in to a flat bar until now. I just installed a set of these on my fatty, only put a short ride on them but I’m liking them so far. Thanks for the thorough introduction Neil.
This handlebar will make converting my 90's vbrake, single speed, MTB to drop bar a lot easier than sorting, purchasing; problem solver for long pull vbrake, brake levers, road handlebar. Great stuff surly
@Michael D H1' to 1/ 1/8 upper steerer tube converter with 31.8 four bolt stem. Specifically modernized those parts to try different types of handle bars and stem lengths in the future.
@@pedalingnowhere The best thing about it is very shallow drop from "hoods" to drop, I run compact road bar on my monstercross bike and it's either OK on drops and too high on hoods or the other way around
Cool. Definitely will make MTB conversion to drop bars a lot easier. Though I'm sure cables will become a problem for anyone trying to put more stuff on the front of the bike.
I recently did a conversion to my 98' Rocky Mountain Blizzard with drop bars Ritchey Ergomax, 1x9 setup, a Microshift bar end shifter, Shimano XT rear derailleur, Tektro RL520 vbrake levers, carbon fork and it's awesome.
i’ve been doing something similar to this. been running the fairdale Archer v2’s, just flipped upside down. turns it from a standard riser/cruiser bar to a super flared, super squashed drop bar
6:00 in order to fully imitate the pose of the hood, it is necessary that the authors-developers of the bar lengthen the handles where the hood is, so that it is convenient to put your hands like on the hoods of a standard drop bar. Thanks for reviewing this bar 👍.
That’s very simple but quite an invention. I did need to get GRX shifter/levers, rear derailleur, brakeset, all hoses/cables, dropper lever, and handlebars so to convert an MTB to gravel bike, which cost me $500 range. I actually wondered why there’s no option of dropbar with D22.2mm when I was planning how to convert mine. Now we don’t bother to change to road/gravel groupset or Tanpan or barend shifter. Simplest, yet smartest solutions(and cheapest).
Thanks for the video! Immediately ordered the handlebar. After sleepless nights of thinking about practical bike components for my gravel touring bike. Using trusted mtb componets could and hopefully will be the way to go imho.
I'm on a home made Denham Koga which has transformed my hand comfort. 5-6 hand positions, better than a Jones bar. No more white finger... This looks highly promising too, thanx. Subscribed. Regards from NE Thailand.
Really liked the thorough review of the corner bar, very well put together. One bar nobody really seemed to cover was the truck stop bar. Maybe we´ll get one sooner or later???
I have a triathlon background so aero and drops have always been my preference. Bought a MTB to have a crack and I simply don't like flat bars as I seem to lack control and find them twitchy and uncomfortable on my aging wrists. In recent years I have moved to primarily a gravel bike with drops and love it even on single track, I find I have much more control with drops. I've thought about an MTB drop bar conversion but everything I read indicates it's potentially expensive and the geometry is a struggle. So I was going to sell my MTB [dual suspension] but now I pulling it from the shop and buying a Surly Corner Bars, excited!
This hand position is in jones bar, for non bikepacking and simplicity this handlebar is awesome, you can convert your hybrid into cyclecross, gravel bike groupsets in mtb and interchangeable of mtb shimano groupsets to road bike.. This evolution created new genes of bicycle to be design in mix parts the dream of every bicycles enthusiasts and creative cyclist .
My Canyon pathlite hybrid which already does the job as a gravel bike and as a mountain bike with its current flat-bar will become the ultimate gravel bike with these corner bars, bravo to Surly who saves me money on not buying an N+1 bicycle.
seems like the ideal bar for mtb with suspension, gravel bar seems a bit lacking if they were to turn large wheels with a suspension fork in that position, now the lines blurs even more
Hi ! Awesome video , clear answer for my question ;) -- smaler bags-- , Love my moloko ,and will be in love with the corner bar . Surly masters made it again :)
I just used a holland handlebar and turned it upside down, It has probably kind of a similar feeling and its cheap because they are everywhere. I have a small drop which is enough for bikepacking. The hoods are my combo mtb brake and shiftlevers, fortunately they have a hand friendly design so I can grab them, cushioned them with some carpet stopper and wrapped bar tape over.
Might try these so I can get the SRAM Eagle drivetrain that's collecting dust onto my gravel bike (Jamis Renegade). As out of shape as I am...that 50T out back might be quite useful for some of the steep WV mountains I have to climb although walking would probably be faster.
Very interesting and creative and removes the the need for new shifters/gears/brakes...the thing for me would be how comfy I could get the stubby hood bits. Maybe you could cut down regular flat bar grips and have them extending off the end of the stub by an extra cm perhaps?
Interesting! I have a Scott Sub Cross, that I'm thinking of replacing the front suspension to a suspension corrected fork, (thinking a Surly Krampus). I could put this handlebar and potentially make this bike into a nice gravel bike.... Thanks for the video!
This is perfect for all the mountain bikers that secretly drool over hours of gravel bike pictures when their friends aren't around to see. After this will be the rigid fork conversions. Welcome to the Dark Side boys. Bound to happen someday, and that's okay. ;)
Hmm interesting! I've never really rode drops for any length of time, but have been interested in trying some. Swapping controls out was what kept me from trying, though, so I might give these a go! I've been playing with a number of different "comfort" bars over the last couple of years. Jones Loop, Surly Open, and even some Renthal Moto bars I had laying around from my ATV days because it has similar rise and sweep to Tumbleweed's Persuader bars.
@@TK-OK Make sure to @ folks if you want a response in a reasonable time... I'm happy to respond but we don't get notifications for responses made without the @... you actually have to do some digging to find the comments that you've even made, try it! Anyway... I used some scrap, thin steel, cut in to two separate pieces and just crammed them in there! Hah. Not my best work, for sure. But it has held up just fine aside from starting to rust.
Moustache Cycles had a similar bar some time back featured at the Radavist site (bike is labeled Kristin's Emerald Mine) with a different flare up front.
Have you tried those handlebar extender with curve. Adding it to a straight bar may look like a drop. Brake would probably still be on the top. But with your perspective can be on the drop extender...dunno.
I wish somebody made a road or gravel shape bar with 22.2mm diameter so I can mount MTB brakes/shifters. I did this on an old commuter years ago (single-speed, spread old BMX levers to fit the 23.8mm bar), and it was awesome.
I had contemplated getting this bar to replace a flared drop I had on my “gravel” bike but went to the surly Molko bar instead. There were a couple of reasons; more hand positions and a slightly less wider bar. Where I ride many of the bike trails, paths are gated and I can barely get through these gates even with Molko bar. Are there bike gates on bike paths where you live that requires bike yoga to get through?
It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on the 46cm bar. Sure it is narrower than a gravel bar but the "flare" is huge so it might just compensate. You seemed pretty wide armed in the frontal shots.
I've got a multi-day gravel grinder in June and have to finger out what I'm going to ride. I'm a roady and right now don't have a lot of gravel or trail time. I have a 2011 aluminum rim brake cross bike that will need wider wheels and lower gearing and I have a 2021 all-rounder modern carbon hardtail with a flat bar. I'm thinking about using the hardtail over to cross bike but the flat bar is the deal killer. This might be a great option if it's actually comfortable for 4-hour rides. One of these, a rigid fork, gravel tubless tires and call it a day???
I have been using flat bars on my surly troll for a long time and a jones loopbar was perfect especially with the 2.5 rise… but lately i got hold of a surly ghost grappler here in tge philippines. Since the grappler was designed for dropbars… dovyou think a corner bar would be compatibke? I can’t spend money on new drivetrain STI setup . Will the corner bar still wotk on the grappler? Nice video by the way. Very informative and concise
It’s an interesting concept having a bar that tries to encompass MTB & Drop Bar options, however it would be great if the bar could cope with internal cable routing & or or a break system that allowed the routing to allow for larger storage options on the handle bars.
if you put bar ends on the nubs wouldn't you have a great aero position + a good place to rest your arms? kinda like a watered down version of the TT arms that stick out in the middle. If this bar is meant to emulate drop bars maybe it could emulate that too on top of everything else. Right now I do something similar to this on bullhorn bars, using MTB controls and I'm turning into a hybrid gravel bike. I will be upgrading to these corner bars when I'm finished upgrading the rest of the gearset.
I currently have a bullhorn on my all around MTB, it is outstanding for climbs and provides different hand positions, I'll give this a try to see if its any different or improve the comfort over a bullhorn. thanks
I've been riding drop bars for years and now I feel it's the moment to try a different bar, without STIs. A complete change, do you think I'll get used to it easily? I normally use my bike to run errands, go grocery shopping and eventual escapes on weekends. Cheers!
i gave up on that dream and ended up buying a new entire gravel bike. the cost of swapping all the component is more expensive than buying new because of the ridiculous rising component price during pandemic
Surly didn't develop a new handle bar. From the 1950s when cable brakes came in and some cyclists turned their traditional 'urban' bars upside down, the Great North Road bar soon became quite popular. It was a compromise to the dropped bar and was far more comfortable. Sorry Surly but not applause for reinventing the wheel. Added gizmos don't alter the fact. I had a bike with a GNR bar for several years back in the early 60s.
Definitely innovative; however, I favor a much cleaner cockpit and it appears a cradle and bikepacking bag setup would interfere with the cables too much. Look forward to your full testing! Thanks! BTW, the stache looks good!
Going with a narrow but larger circumference bag for a harness system like the Pronghorn would be a great option and wont interfere with the cables. Similar to drop bars, going with a wide bag will just get in the way of your controls.
i went cross country with my flatbar MTB my hands were sore//cramped for a couple of days! switched to butterfly bars they felt better perhaps could try these out ^^
“LINE PARTY” Giggle giggle. Seriously Surly came up with a winner. Recommending this to folks who’ve been deterred by cost and complexity on making a dropbar conversion. Personally waiting for a silver alloy version (because style and weight) and hopefully longer bullhorns for usable hands on hoods placement.
I've been thinking about changing over to drop bars for my bikepaking bike recently, sins i enjoy them a lot on my vintage road bike. Looks like this bar would be a cool option to try out, or go whit some more standard flared bars and use bar end friction shiftes. There's pro and cons to both sides, so i was wondering what your opinnon was between the 2.
This would definitely feel more like a dirt drop bar, I think. So it's a matter of preference. People from a road cycling background will probably like the flared bar more, and mountain bikers might prefer this one.
I guess if you run it extra high so the drops are at an acceptable height it could be ok... predictably, I think the Jones bar makes more sense for a bikepacking mountain bike.
I love the conversion I made to the Surly Corner Bar on my mtb which is now a dedicated bikepacking rig. I bought the wider version (54cm) and changed all the cables to be much longer so that I can fit more bags on the bar. I just completed a 190km bikepacking weekend with the bars and loved the new position. I also got a shorter stem with a slight rise versus the longer flat stem I had with the flat bars. You can see a short on my channel that shows the bike before and after. ❤
That corner bar is so unique, that in the 1920's they were riding exactly this type of bikes, same handlebars shapes, and wide tyres. Roads were not that good then...
Any thoughts on adding this to a Cutthroat? I prefer the feel of flat bars and these seem to move towards that dynamic without fully losing drops. Thanks
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Surly's rnd is just a bunch of mad geniuses at this point. This solves a problem we didn't even know we had
Right!!! I never knew I needed this till today and now it's all I can think about!
Nope, it’s exactly what I was looking for actually. 😊
Wow, Surly just fixed a problem that has been a genuine issue. I know just the bike I want to ride these bars on. Ordering one today. Thanks Neil!
yeah, before seeing this bar I was planning to buy a wide bullhorn bar with bar end shifters, but now I can just use this bar and even put hydraulic brakes. But I think Surly should have make this front horns longer to be able to put hands on it for resting position.
@@justdude8115 If the horns are the same diameter as the tips, which seems to be the case, a Controltech Terminator bar end extension should fit for an extra 20mm.
I just built a gravel bike with a corner bar. I wanted to run components I already had from a mountain bike that I cannibalized to keep the whole build cheap so this was my best option.
So far I've been very happy. I will say that a SRAM Eagle shifter works really well. My thumb is right there for both shifts. Personally, I dislike the thumb only shifting of Eagle shift levers, but on the corner bar it just works for me.
On singletrack I have handling confidence and on long climbs or road sections I've got multiple hand positions for comfort. I'm so far very impressed. I'm contemplating putting some on one of my mountain bikes.
I didn’t know that I needed this in my life. But now I NEED this in my life.
Cool! I'm a mechanic at a bike shop and one of our great customers is going to have us build up a Trek 1120 with these handlebars so I was so happy to see that you had a great review on them! Cool! Now I have some ideas to share with my customer! I also have an 1120 and I love drop bars and maybe someday I'll give these bars a try! Again, thanks for the review and ideas for how to set them up!
I’ve ridden drop bars off road since the 80’s (yeah, I’m old) Been running hydraulic brakes on my fat bike which pretty much locked me in to a flat bar until now. I just installed a set of these on my fatty, only put a short ride on them but I’m liking them so far. Thanks for the thorough introduction Neil.
This handlebar will make converting my 90's vbrake, single speed, MTB to drop bar a lot easier than sorting, purchasing; problem solver for long pull vbrake, brake levers, road handlebar.
Great stuff surly
tekro rl520 levers. done.
@Michael D H1' to 1/ 1/8 upper steerer tube converter with 31.8 four bolt stem. Specifically modernized those parts to try different types of handle bars and stem lengths in the future.
F yes mate, f yes, this is a thing I've been waiting for
Pretty cool, right!?
@@pedalingnowhere I can't wait to put my hands on a cheap rip off of this product :)
@@pedalingnowhere The best thing about it is very shallow drop from "hoods" to drop, I run compact road bar on my monstercross bike and it's either OK on drops and too high on hoods or the other way around
@@6ryba6 Agreed
@@6ryba6 .... which will hopefully be made out of aluminium
Cool. Definitely will make MTB conversion to drop bars a lot easier. Though I'm sure cables will become a problem for anyone trying to put more stuff on the front of the bike.
I recently did a conversion to my 98' Rocky Mountain Blizzard with drop bars Ritchey Ergomax, 1x9 setup, a Microshift bar end shifter, Shimano XT rear derailleur, Tektro RL520 vbrake levers, carbon fork and it's awesome.
i’ve been doing something similar to this. been running the fairdale Archer v2’s, just flipped upside down. turns it from a standard riser/cruiser bar to a super flared, super squashed drop bar
Alright, we've got to try these bars. Looks like we need to create an XL 1/2 for these bad boys.
6:00 in order to fully imitate the pose of the hood, it is necessary that the authors-developers of the bar lengthen the handles where the hood is, so that it is convenient to put your hands like on the hoods of a standard drop bar.
Thanks for reviewing this bar 👍.
I think there are extenders available online
That’s very simple but quite an invention. I did need to get GRX shifter/levers, rear derailleur, brakeset, all hoses/cables, dropper lever, and handlebars so to convert an MTB to gravel bike, which cost me $500 range. I actually wondered why there’s no option of dropbar with D22.2mm when I was planning how to convert mine. Now we don’t bother to change to road/gravel groupset or Tanpan or barend shifter. Simplest, yet smartest solutions(and cheapest).
Aaannndd Surly does it again! Gotta love the wacky folks at Surly 🤙🏼
So informative one, Currently im having Jones bar but now I am in love with this bar
Thanks for the video! Immediately ordered the handlebar. After sleepless nights of thinking about practical bike components for my gravel touring bike. Using trusted mtb componets could and hopefully will be the way to go imho.
Thanks for this, now I just gotta get me a corner bar. Such a great design!
I'm on a home made Denham Koga which has transformed my hand comfort. 5-6 hand positions, better than a Jones bar.
No more white finger...
This looks highly promising too, thanx.
Subscribed.
Regards from NE Thailand.
Really liked the thorough review of the corner bar, very well put together. One bar nobody really seemed to cover was the truck stop bar. Maybe we´ll get one sooner or later???
Just installed mine on my chisel comp … great alternative for several positions
I have a triathlon background so aero and drops have always been my preference. Bought a MTB to have a crack and I simply don't like flat bars as I seem to lack control and find them twitchy and uncomfortable on my aging wrists.
In recent years I have moved to primarily a gravel bike with drops and love it even on single track, I find I have much more control with drops. I've thought about an MTB drop bar conversion but everything I read indicates it's potentially expensive and the geometry is a struggle.
So I was going to sell my MTB [dual suspension] but now I pulling it from the shop and buying a Surly Corner Bars, excited!
Really love it
One point plus it’s clamp on 25.4, nice to build vintage gravel with quill stem
Thx for the review
Credit to surly to come up with this product.
Can hardly wait to try it. Thanks for the info.
I just picked up my corner bars & wow what a difference from a frat bars
I think this is just what I've been looking for! Thanks
I am new to flat bars and hate mine. This review comes at a great time, it’s just what I am looking for in a bar!
Super sick bars. Carbon version would be welcomed in the future. Good job surly!
it´s out there, but not by surly.
This hand position is in jones bar, for non bikepacking and simplicity this handlebar is awesome, you can convert your hybrid into cyclecross, gravel bike groupsets in mtb and interchangeable of mtb shimano groupsets to road bike.. This evolution created new genes of bicycle to be design in mix parts the dream of every bicycles enthusiasts and creative cyclist .
My Canyon pathlite hybrid which already does the job as a gravel bike and as a mountain bike with its current flat-bar will become the ultimate gravel bike with these corner bars, bravo to Surly who saves me money on not buying an N+1 bicycle.
Clear and informative video. All all killa no filla . Great job even if I don't need one of these bars
Evolving back to a flat bar.
Oh snap, I know where that is! I rode there yesterday!
seems like the ideal bar for mtb with suspension, gravel bar seems a bit lacking if they were to turn large wheels with a suspension fork in that position, now the lines blurs even more
For sure
That mustache is the most fitting for this bar
SURLY: The best bike company in the world.
Hi ! Awesome video , clear answer for my question ;) -- smaler bags-- , Love my moloko ,and will be in love with the corner bar . Surly masters made it again :)
I'm on board in spirit. Love the idea. I'm 100% in when it's aluminum and not steel.
Aliexpress has a carbon version
Agree, it's too heavy.
And too wide, a bit narrower version in aluminum would be ideal.
I just used a holland handlebar and turned it upside down, It has probably kind of a similar feeling and its cheap because they are everywhere. I have a small drop which is enough for bikepacking. The hoods are my combo mtb brake and shiftlevers, fortunately they have a hand friendly design so I can grab them, cushioned them with some carpet stopper and wrapped bar tape over.
Might try these so I can get the SRAM Eagle drivetrain that's collecting dust onto my gravel bike (Jamis Renegade). As out of shape as I am...that 50T out back might be quite useful for some of the steep WV mountains I have to climb although walking would probably be faster.
Very interesting and creative and removes the the need for new shifters/gears/brakes...the thing for me would be how comfy I could get the stubby hood bits. Maybe you could cut down regular flat bar grips and have them extending off the end of the stub by an extra cm perhaps?
I have this one already, nice
Great review
Awesome to have an option, go Surly 👍
Interesting! I have a Scott Sub Cross, that I'm thinking of replacing the front suspension to a suspension corrected fork, (thinking a Surly Krampus). I could put this handlebar and potentially make this bike into a nice gravel bike.... Thanks for the video!
Very cool. May add to my Salsa El Mariachi.
This is perfect for all the mountain bikers that secretly drool over hours of gravel bike pictures when their friends aren't around to see. After this will be the rigid fork conversions. Welcome to the Dark Side boys. Bound to happen someday, and that's okay. ;)
love your videos
I would love to try this out and compare it to the Moloko bar.
Hmm interesting! I've never really rode drops for any length of time, but have been interested in trying some. Swapping controls out was what kept me from trying, though, so I might give these a go! I've been playing with a number of different "comfort" bars over the last couple of years. Jones Loop, Surly Open, and even some Renthal Moto bars I had laying around from my ATV days because it has similar rise and sweep to Tumbleweed's Persuader bars.
How did you mount renthals ? I have mc flat track bars mounted using 1/2 a reducer shim but can’t find stem that fits 28.7 bars
@@TK-OK Make sure to @ folks if you want a response in a reasonable time... I'm happy to respond but we don't get notifications for responses made without the @... you actually have to do some digging to find the comments that you've even made, try it! Anyway... I used some scrap, thin steel, cut in to two separate pieces and just crammed them in there! Hah. Not my best work, for sure. But it has held up just fine aside from starting to rust.
Moustache Cycles had a similar bar some time back featured at the Radavist site (bike is labeled Kristin's Emerald Mine) with a different flare up front.
Thanks for sharing
90s mountain bike with drop bars into a gravel and gravel bikes are just 90s mountain with drop bars. The worlds collide
I want this in my roadbike!
Soma did this 5 yrs ago. About time
Interesting… May try them on my Salsa Beargrease.
I GOTTA GET ONE!!!👍🏻😃
I remember riding a construction worker bike few years ago. A Japanese bike with inverted handlebar.
Love me some North Table!
This seems highly interesting. Could be exactly what I need.
Have you tried those handlebar extender with curve. Adding it to a straight bar may look like a drop. Brake would probably still be on the top. But with your perspective can be on the drop extender...dunno.
Thanks!
I wish somebody made a road or gravel shape bar with 22.2mm diameter so I can mount MTB brakes/shifters. I did this on an old commuter years ago (single-speed, spread old BMX levers to fit the 23.8mm bar), and it was awesome.
Thanks for this video!
Would like to ask how big your front bikepacking bag is, the second one you show up in the video...
Thnaks
I had contemplated getting this bar to replace a flared drop I had on my “gravel” bike but went to the surly Molko bar instead. There were a couple of reasons; more hand positions and a slightly less wider bar. Where I ride many of the bike trails, paths are gated and I can barely get through these gates even with Molko bar.
Are there bike gates on bike paths where you live that requires bike yoga to get through?
Finally we can use those hydraulic brakes we hid away when we converted to MX
Extra shallow/extra wide dropbar in 24,5 mm. If the price is right it will bring a new life to lots of old mtbs.
It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on the 46cm bar. Sure it is narrower than a gravel bar but the "flare" is huge so it might just compensate. You seemed pretty wide armed in the frontal shots.
I absolutely hate riding drop bar's, but this looks like a genuine solution to ppl who want to convert.
Way to go buddy!
I've got a multi-day gravel grinder in June and have to finger out what I'm going to ride. I'm a roady and right now don't have a lot of gravel or trail time. I have a 2011 aluminum rim brake cross bike that will need wider wheels and lower gearing and I have a 2021 all-rounder modern carbon hardtail with a flat bar. I'm thinking about using the hardtail over to cross bike but the flat bar is the deal killer. This might be a great option if it's actually comfortable for 4-hour rides. One of these, a rigid fork, gravel tubless tires and call it a day???
Neil
Are those trails in Temecula and Murrieta?
They look very familiar
Nope, Golden, Colorado.
I have been using flat bars on my surly troll for a long time and a jones loopbar was perfect especially with the 2.5 rise… but lately i got hold of a surly ghost grappler here in tge philippines.
Since the grappler was designed for dropbars… dovyou think a corner bar would be compatibke? I can’t spend money on new drivetrain STI setup . Will the corner bar still wotk on the grappler? Nice video by the way. Very informative and concise
It’s an interesting concept having a bar that tries to encompass MTB & Drop Bar options, however it would be great if the bar could cope with internal cable routing & or or a break system that allowed the routing to allow for larger storage options on the handle bars.
if you put bar ends on the nubs wouldn't you have a great aero position + a good place to rest your arms? kinda like a watered down version of the TT arms that stick out in the middle. If this bar is meant to emulate drop bars maybe it could emulate that too on top of everything else.
Right now I do something similar to this on bullhorn bars, using MTB controls and I'm turning into a hybrid gravel bike. I will be upgrading to these corner bars when I'm finished upgrading the rest of the gearset.
OMG I need this!!!
I currently have a bullhorn on my all around MTB, it is outstanding for climbs and provides different hand positions, I'll give this a try to see if its any different or improve the comfort over a bullhorn. thanks
You said you were in Kentucky. Where abouts? I've been visting there every two months or so in the Prestonsburg area. Some nice mountain biking there.
On this thing: bikepacking.com/routes/sheltowee-bikepacking-route/
I've been riding drop bars for years and now I feel it's the moment to try a different bar, without STIs. A complete change, do you think I'll get used to it easily? I normally use my bike to run errands, go grocery shopping and eventual escapes on weekends. Cheers!
I just starting to get back to MT/Gravel...
What happened to Bar Ends???
Thanks for sharing this video. Very informative. Recent subscriber here
That bar should be fantastic on the Surly LHT
I'm sorta in love. Unfortunately, just 4 months ago I (as you said) "paid an arm & leg to change all the components" :)
i gave up on that dream and ended up buying a new entire gravel bike. the cost of swapping all the component is more expensive than buying new because of the ridiculous rising component price during pandemic
Surly didn't develop a new handle bar. From the 1950s when cable brakes came in and some cyclists turned their traditional 'urban' bars upside down, the Great North Road bar soon became quite popular. It was a compromise to the dropped bar and was far more comfortable. Sorry Surly but not applause for reinventing the wheel. Added gizmos don't alter the fact. I had a bike with a GNR bar for several years back in the early 60s.
Definitely innovative; however, I favor a much cleaner cockpit and it appears a cradle and bikepacking bag setup would interfere with the cables too much. Look forward to your full testing! Thanks! BTW, the stache looks good!
Going with a narrow but larger circumference bag for a harness system like the Pronghorn would be a great option and wont interfere with the cables. Similar to drop bars, going with a wide bag will just get in the way of your controls.
Wow, cool design from 100 years ago
i went cross country with my flatbar MTB my hands were sore//cramped for a couple of days! switched to butterfly bars they felt better perhaps could try these out ^^
“LINE PARTY” Giggle giggle. Seriously Surly came up with a winner. Recommending this to folks who’ve been deterred by cost and complexity on making a dropbar conversion. Personally waiting for a silver alloy version (because style and weight) and hopefully longer bullhorns for usable hands on hoods placement.
Nice, are those xl esi grips ?
Nevermind...
I've been thinking about changing over to drop bars for my bikepaking bike recently, sins i enjoy them a lot on my vintage road bike. Looks like this bar would be a cool option to try out, or go whit some more standard flared bars and use bar end friction shiftes. There's pro and cons to both sides, so i was wondering what your opinnon was between the 2.
This would definitely feel more like a dirt drop bar, I think. So it's a matter of preference. People from a road cycling background will probably like the flared bar more, and mountain bikers might prefer this one.
*since not sins (dude!!!)
I guess if you run it extra high so the drops are at an acceptable height it could be ok... predictably, I think the Jones bar makes more sense for a bikepacking mountain bike.
Nice create
I love the conversion I made to the Surly Corner Bar on my mtb which is now a dedicated bikepacking rig. I bought the wider version (54cm) and changed all the cables to be much longer so that I can fit more bags on the bar. I just completed a 190km bikepacking weekend with the bars and loved the new position. I also got a shorter stem with a slight rise versus the longer flat stem I had with the flat bars. You can see a short on my channel that shows the bike before and after. ❤
That corner bar is so unique, that in the 1920's they were riding exactly this type of bikes, same handlebars shapes, and wide tyres. Roads were not that good then...
Surly did some great marketing to launch this product, but they are impossible to find. I have a bike ready, just need the bar.
Thay copped it from the old dirt track racing bikes in the 20s cool look
Any thoughts on adding this to a Cutthroat? I prefer the feel of flat bars and these seem to move towards that dynamic without fully losing drops. Thanks
It's still comfort or matched if using roadbike shifters as well bro?