Dirt Drop Bars For Touring

Handlebars with multiple hand locations allow you to switch it up giving your muscles and joints a much needed break on a long ride.

Dirt drop bars for touring.

Nitto dirt drop the bars actually have a very slight rise from the clamp area to the ramps. The rm 013 is 26 0mm and the rm 014 is 31 8 mm. The bike touring news store stocks two different versions of the nitto dirt drop handlebar. This difference comes in handy if you spend a lot of time weaving through tight traffic while commuting in a busy city.

These are the medium width version. On average drop bars are around 20 cm narrower than flat bars. In the hoods or drops you can tuck your elbows in and reduce your body s frontal area. Drops can fit through more narrow spots in traffic standard drop bars measure around 40 46 cm in width.

Drop bars offer a lower and narrower body position which puts you in a more aero position. The bar is constructed from 60601 aluminum and designed for on and off road adventure riding. The main difference between the two or so i thought is the diameter of the bar at the stem clamp sleeve. With its massive 45 flare the alpkit love mud bomber is definitely more in the dirt drop style.

Drop or road style handlebars from nitto of tokyo and soma fabrications are made with function ergonomics and durability in mind. Typical flat bars measure 58 60 cm wide. There s an aero advantage to fitting drop bars to your bike. I recently did a side by side comparison and was surprised to see just how different these bars are.

The idea is that you can ride with your hands on the hoods for comfort and you can get into the drops for rough stuff and still maintain control. The basic tenant of using dirt drops is that unlike traditional drop bars you want the brake hoods to be at least the same height as the saddle preferably higher. There is a version that is narrower and one that is wider. Given you don t move that fast on a touring bike this feature is most useful for whenever you re riding into headwinds.