Ezra Caldwell of Fast Boy Fenders fame is about to release his latest creation—wooden handlebars. Made from a nine-ply lamination of ash, the bars are a uniform 25.4 thickness. Ezra says, “Folks have used them with 26 stems and Nitto shims to good effect. If you plan to run a brake with them, the lever will have to have an appropriate inside diameter. There’s a Salsa cross lever that’s made for big fat bars, and comes with shims… It works well.”
Check out more photos of these beauties on his Flickr page.
fabulous stuff !
if that`s not a stylisch handlebar, then i don`t know what is !
cheers !
NIce ride, the bike’s pretty cool too.
yeah !
unfortunately you can`t see all too much of it.
but i love those slim steel frames…
fantastic also how creative the person is that designet those handlebars and the fenders…
cool !
I looked into purchasing a bar and found that they only come with a custom bike.
I thought I would throw out a few and see if there is a market for them.
Let me know what you think… http://www.woodhandlebar.com
Here are some more, handmade in Italy.
http://www.biascagne-cicli.it/componenti-bici/manubrio-in-legno/
Cheers!
v.