Gravel Drop Bars

Drop bars are cooler.

Gravel drop bars.

The unique shape of drop bars provides multiple hand positions. That said an alt bar like the denham bar actually provides the best of both worlds a narrow bullhorn section and a wide sweptback grip location. Most bars of this type are designed to increase the height of the front end for gravel use doing a similar job to a taller head tube a higher rise stem or a stack of headset spacers. This difference comes in handy if you spend a lot of time weaving through tight traffic while commuting in a busy city.

Dude ultra wide drops exist. The salsa cowchipper was one of the first gravel bars on the market that did a great job at blending the aesthetics of road bars with a pronounced 24 flare in the drops and an additional 12 drop angle or outsweep. The tops of most drop bars sit level with the stem clamp but riser drop bars do exist. Steering and control is the no.

There s something about those classic lines 3. So obviously we had to try it out. Typical flat bars measure 58 60 cm wide. Drop bars your road cyclocross or gravel bike s drop bars function as your bike s command center.

One of the first players in the flared bars game salsa s cowchipper bars are somewhat of an icon in gravel riding circles. On average drop bars are around 20 cm narrower than flat bars. 1 function but drop bars are also where key cockpit controls such as brake shift levers and gps head units are mounted. Drops can fit through more narrow spots in traffic standard drop bars measure around 40 46 cm in width.

Many adventure gravel and bikepacking riders have embraced wide drop bars for their added leverage and flared drops for improved ergonomics. The bars slope upwards on either side of the stem clamp area before levelling out. But the curve walmer takes that to the extreme offering a 60cm wide 29 flare bar that is a whopping 75cm wide at the outside of the drops. Riding drop bar bikes off road for nearly 10 years i ve never met a tape i really liked until now.

What surprised me was the. Perhaps an obvious move for the company behind the g series gravel handlebar shown here. Last summer enve released its own simple yet extremely effective version to accompany one of their most popular offerings. Is the ultimate solution for you a set of wide drop bars.