Category: handlebar height

Biking in Astoria

Handlebar height and the fixed gear

I was biking on the Screamin’ Salmon, my fixed gear bike, and think I discovered the answer to the handlebar dilemma: why are lower handlebars more comfortable on my Bianchi and less comfortable on my fixed gear. The answer has less to do with the style of handlebars, as I mentioned previously, but the kind…
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Handlebar Height

I hate when I don’t practice what I preach. It’s even worse when I finally do, but then discover that I’ve been preaching to a false idol. I’ve been preaching about high handlebars for a long time. They’re many reasons you should raise your handlebars, but I won’t go into them here because I’m not…
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