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New things I noticed.
« on: December 08, 2015, 09:53:59 PM »
Eclat has a 1" stem and bar combo. That's bananas.

There is also a new frame company, eytol.
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2015, 10:59:17 PM »
1" where, the clamping area, grips...?

'Catalogue designers' are already producing pissweak big bars (not knowing how to engineer them), maybe this is their attempt at making big bars that aren't likely to impale the user

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2015, 11:48:20 PM »
1" bar at the stem area, like older mountain bikes. No point to me. I wonder if they will do it next season or bin it?

Eytol. Is that Kings Ride Shop's house brand?
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2015, 01:09:28 AM »
It could be kings house brand. I rode the school bus with the dude who owns it. Could be!

The clamp of the stem and the whole bar are 25.2. Why? It should a grip, bar, stem combo?

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2015, 01:19:51 AM »
 Then they'd have to make a lever to fit for the few of us still using brake(s). I think it's dumb, but kids will buy it because of Churchill.

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2015, 03:53:32 AM »
They taper up to normal size for the grips and lever.

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2015, 04:44:27 AM »
kids will buy it because of Churchill.

Doubt it.
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2015, 07:08:22 AM »
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2015, 08:45:00 AM »
that frame is so innovative! I mean look at the sticker!!!
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2015, 09:57:19 AM »
Yeh, those bars taper to 7/8ths at the grip area so you can use a standard lever.

I was really bummed that they didn't stay 1 inch.  My hands are getting old and a little big larger grip would be nice.
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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2015, 02:41:18 PM »
That is lame. If you're going to make a stem specifically for those bars...

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2015, 03:41:00 PM »
The argument made that as bars have become larger/taller there is more leverage and therefore more chance of slipping. A 1" Ø clamp area has more surface area and would be less likely to slip. Obviously changing industry standards is a massive hurdle, it has been done before with steerer tubes. I guess time will tell.

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2015, 03:44:03 PM »

I was really bummed that they didn't stay 1 inch. 

Same. I dont have a problem with bars slipping, but I do have a sickness for the thickness.

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2015, 08:51:45 AM »
Engineers correct me if I'm wrong, but to me the 1" clamp area seems like a great idea.I'm not terribly hard on my parts, but deformed clamp areas and slipping stems are something I still deal with. As bars get taller and more leverage is applied to the stem, going up to 1" just makes sense.
I had a pair of 1" Strip bars with the 1" grip tubes but the clamp area was  the standard 7/8" which was odd. Diatech made some 1" brake levers--Tech 99 I believe, or you could run filed out Tech 77s.

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Re: New things I noticed.
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2015, 05:46:21 PM »

I was really bummed that they didn't stay 1 inch. 

Same. I dont have a problem with bars slipping, but I do have a sickness for the thickness.

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