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I'm sure I've heard of someone using a biro spring on here for the S500 but I can't find the thread.

Unfortunately Tektro have stopped making the R200 but they still come up on eBay sometimes.

Don't think Campag do a single speed lever do they? Not really in the market for spending big bucks on lever/shifters and then pulling them apart.

Yep

Yeah, all that needs is a bit of light restoration.

Project Porteur Rack v1.0 is coming along nicely, now gotta work out whats the best support system using the 1/2" tube I've got for the job.

Fun times!

This looks awesome

Oh shit your in Oz. forget SJS then.

Anyone know of other places that sell the Nitto M106 bars?

The only places I can find are Alex Cycles and Tokyo Fixed Gear.

Just throught I'd check before I order from Alex Cycles. The shipping isn't too bad, and there's no taxes (because I'm in Australia), but the price is still pretty steep.

Have you looked at the Soma Highway 1s? Very similar geo. Just ordered some from SJS. £40.99 inc p&p I think.

Yeah, I got BB7s and I'm just about to upgrade the pads so I guess I'll be as well to stick with the Tektros, sell the bars without levers n save the extra money towards a new chainset.

Cheers guys

Yeah, I'm not that fussed about looks other than wanting a silver lever blade. I think they both look pretty nice and I've had a feel of my mates SRAM equipped bike which feels pretty comfy. Only thing I've been unable to compare is braking performance.

Anyone ridden both types on the same bike for direct comparison?

My new bars are on the way and I thought I might just sell the old ones taped up with the R200 levers on there but not sure what to get this time round. Is the braking any better with the S500s? I find the R200s pretty comfy on the hoods, they're cheaper and I like the fact they have a return spring as one lever will be dormant at times. What would anyone reccomend?

Bein schooled on aesthetics by someone with a Boardman, fitted with a cable to hydraulic brake converter. Not sure how to take that. :)

I think they look rad.

Which is fine- but he cannot use his drops as they are too far away, which suggests that he might want to move them a bit closer.

But that's going to change the position on the hoods. Think spotter bars sound like a better solution.

Nope, like the middle ones in this picture, rather than angled upward as you have them:

Have a look here, it's a great resource: http://ruedatropical.com/2009/03/road-drop-bar-geometry/

If you read your own resource, it mentions bar angle right at the start and suggests it may vary, from the ends of the drops being perpendicular to the ground to being parallel with the head tube, which is where I usually start and looks to be about where mechamorgan has his.

Those the Specialized ones that were going on ebay for a while? I might be interested

Yeah, pm me if yer interested.

They're Columbus Tusk roadies so yeah not really made for this frame. They're for sellz if anyone wants :D

I have these going, if you're interested.http://croxtonshedworks.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/specialized-fact-carbon-fork4.jpg
Might suit that frame better.

Not wanting to piss on your bonfire but there's already loads of budget brooks style saddles and budget bar tape available on eBay.

I don't mind silver too much.
Cool, thanks for that mate, looks like you might have returned the favor!

Ha ha, cool. Thought the price was okay too, inc p&p. Fuck knows how long it'll take to get here tho.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=221118448583&cmd=VIDESC
No 90mm or 100mm in black tho :(

Cancellara's Red Hammer TT bike:

No

They look really good, and also come in 46cm width.
They going on the On One, or a different project?

Yeah, they're for the Pompetamine. Really never liked the new style Thomson stem, aesthetically, so I've gone for a 26.0 version in the same size and with those bars it should feel pretty similar. I know goin from 31.8 to 26.0 seems daft and it's not as stiff but it's a Pompetamine so hardly a performance orientated machine.

Listed is 85mm reach, but in fact mine were 95-100mm reach.

What I wanted was a 75-85mm max reach bar and they just were too much of a stretch, but they are lovely looking bars, and at the price, hard to match.

Cheers mate, you just saved me a whole load of grief. Was going to buy them purely based on the listed geo. Now I've compared pics to my Ritchey Classic Curve and they're clearly loads bigger reach. New plan is Soma Highway Ones which are almost the same on paper and look a hell of a lot closer in pics. Also they come in silver so save me some polishing.

they weren't the dimensions they said they were.

How so? I'm looking to order some tomorrow.

Oh yeah, I'll post pics when they're done.

^ That's why it's only really worth polishing the middle section.

If you've got a classic look going on it does make sense.

Oh yeah, I'll only be doing the middle section and my Ritchey classic bars are polished in the middle and shot peened under the tape so I reckon it'll be okay.

And it's annoying they don't come in silver and they have all those markings, do you think they could be polished?

Right, just ordered a Thomson 26.0 stem for my Pompetamine so I guess I'll be polishing a set up soon.