Comments on: Folding Handlebars http://urbanvelo.org/folding-handlebars/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Thu, 24 May 2012 12:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shiny Flu http://urbanvelo.org/folding-handlebars/comment-page-1/#comment-4876 Shiny Flu Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:11:51 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=3740#comment-4876 Great idea... poorly executed. There's a long list of faults I can point out on the design: - Width looks fairly narrow/hipster friendly - Shifters??? - right bar end plug, or will it take a leg sample if you crash? - Just how reliable are QRs for handlebar support, considering I considerably load a lot of force into my bars when climbing. - what happens if I have 100mm 10 degree positive rise stem and I have a compact frame? How will I eliminate the simple-to-solve-front-wheel-flop-by-holding-it-with-your-hand? The greatest flaw though is the CIRCULAR KEY lock. Brilliant. Great idea… poorly executed.

There’s a long list of faults I can point out on the design:
- Width looks fairly narrow/hipster friendly
- Shifters???
- right bar end plug, or will it take a leg sample if you crash?
- Just how reliable are QRs for handlebar support, considering I considerably load a lot of force into my bars when climbing.
- what happens if I have 100mm 10 degree positive rise stem and I have a compact frame? How will I eliminate the simple-to-solve-front-wheel-flop-by-holding-it-with-your-hand?

The greatest flaw though is the CIRCULAR KEY lock. Brilliant.

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