Gravel Drop Bars

So obviously we had to try it out.

Gravel drop bars.

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. Riding drop bar bikes off road for nearly 10 years i ve never met a tape i really liked until now. Drop bars are cooler. Drop bars your road cyclocross or gravel bike s drop bars function as your bike s command center.

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. There s something about those classic lines 3. What surprised me was the. This difference comes in handy if you spend a lot of time weaving through tight traffic while commuting in a busy city.

Last summer enve released its own simple yet extremely effective version to accompany one of their most popular offerings. 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. Perhaps an obvious move for the company behind the g series gravel handlebar shown here. These feature a radical 24 degree flare that alters not only the drop.

1 function but drop bars are also where key cockpit controls such as brake shift levers and gps head units are mounted. On average drop bars are around 20 cm narrower than flat bars. Whether it s descending the steep and technical grades at the crusher in the tushar finding more comfortable hand positions during the 200 mile slog across kansas at the dirty kanza or adventure riding in your own backyard this full carbon handlebar provides performance driven gravel riders with the options comfort and control they need to grind gravel with confidence. Is the ultimate solution for you a set of wide drop bars.

Dude ultra wide drops exist. The bars slope upwards on either side of the stem clamp area before levelling out. One of the first players in the flared bars game salsa s cowchipper bars are somewhat of an icon in gravel riding circles. The tops of most drop bars sit level with the stem clamp but riser drop bars do exist.

Many adventure gravel and bikepacking riders have embraced wide drop bars for their added leverage and flared drops for improved ergonomics. The unique shape of drop bars provides multiple hand positions. Typical flat bars measure 58 60 cm wide. 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.