Nitto Albatross 1:12 Suzuki DRZ 400 2:29 Wormbar 4:19 Wald 828/898 5:34 Blygo Moto 7:18 Mothbar 8:52

Very informative. As I'm getting later in my 60's I've migrated from drops to straight to risers with moderate sweep. The key is to keep riding in as comfortable position as possible and changing the bars is a good way of doing it and not too expensive.

Bro spot on ride characteristics of those bars. Whiteboard session worked really well for illustrating the differences.

This is for people over 50 or even 40 or on the heavy side. Any bar that is wide and high not dropdown is good enough. Change the tire to 1.9" wide and wide saddle with springs, make sure chromoly tubing aluminum rims, total weight should be less than 20lbs. You can do a lot of work out and ride some distance with comfort, no pain in the neck, wrist, and bum. You got some cool bikes.

I'm now 63, and have severe arthritis in neck and lower back. I have 'higher' bars now and things are better; am still looking to improve my bars; this video is very helpfull/informative. Many thanks for sharing your knowlede.

The Moth bars 😍 yaaaas, sound so rad. Love how companies are making some wide, but not too wide, bars with sweep! 👏 ❤

Great video! Really helps show the shapes of bars from all angles - far better than any pictures. And the nostalgia from the retro v-brake levers was awesome; those M600s take me BACK!

Just come back to this video as I’m picking new bars for my bike. Super helpful

This was a great idea because you have an eye for bars that others overlook, such as the Wald longhorns and motocross bars. And your builds prove that cruiser bars look great and feel great on mtbs and road bikes alike. I've installed them on mine based on your examples. The graph at the end was inspired.

I clicked because I was interested in the handlebars, but your stems are somehow better. That Cook Brother's Racing stem is a stunner.

Just recently started experimenting with a set of inverted cruiser bars with db levers. It's surprisingly comfy and effective, only complaint is I need much thicker grips

Super awesome overview. Keep them coming. I'm trying to bring life into my 94 Stumpjumper

Good comparison. Just installed moto style bars, bmx bars actually, with a 9" rise on a 90" trekking bike and tilted a fair amount towards the seat. Looks wacky, but boy is it relaxed. I struggle with shoulder injuries so hoping this will solve it. Now on to electrifying the bike 😁

thanks for the explanation on these different bars. I'm trying out the vo crazy bars on a 80s trek 830 and i like it a lot. not as much backsweep as the losco or albatross, plus forward facing nubbins for a "hoods" position for more aero. theyre 31.8 so im using a quill-to-threadless adapter. riding 21.1 quill bullmoose bars on another '81 schwinn le tour. so fun. i had bought them to try on the trek, but they came in a different quill diameter, that happened to fit the schwinn road bike, and it all worked out.

Great video, very informative and just what I have been looking for plus the whiteboard illustrations were excellent, Merci.

I’ve found 2 of those moto bars for like 20 each at flea markets. I like them and the look.

Mine are a bit like the worm but with more sweep and rise. Perfect for upright positioning on my comuter.

Hitted 'em with the whiteboard Prof. Garry lesson in session

I have bars similar to the Albatross on my old Shogun, and I found them easier to aero tuck than the straight factory bars.

Mothbars look AWESOME!

Thank you for this. Especially the drawn examples.

An alternative to the Nitto Albatross, which because of being Japanese can be difficult to get a hold of and expensive, are the Soma Oxford, which are an almost exact copy.

It was good to learn the names of these different styles of handlebars I am a bit of a handlebar Fanatic so I will be saving This video for reference Gary 😀

Fan of the quill adapter by the look of it. I like them too.

Incredibly helpful

Great content - moth bar and stem is pretty wild..

Very informative. Thanks!

That cooks brothers stem is probably valuable

I like the cruiser looking bars

Really good vid, been thinking about going to a more relaxed bar than my straight and there's some sweet examples here to look into. Cheers!

I went with velo orange klunker. I mainly commute and want comfort over rapid response

Thanks again for a great vid, I'm trying to decide what bars to put on my diamondback to set up as a bit of an all-rounder. I like your blygo bars and the bmx stem, I might give that set up a go. This helped alot so thanks again.

Awesome video, v informative 👍🏻 thank you Gary

Worm Bar, Moth Bar, or Maybe Wald 828 will be considered for the MB-1 fun build. I usually get Albatross on my bikes. So comfy, but since it’s mostly going to be a quicker bike that Ill take off road a good portion.. Worm Bar or the others :) Great Job!!

Great video, covered so much detail

Thanks for this. Looking for bars for my Gary Fisher Hoo Koo

Looks you live somwhere River Blvd, don't you? Greetz from germany. Enjoied your Video.

Great video helped confirm my decision!

Hi Gary, great vid. May I ask, what brand are the grips shown on the nitto albatross bars? They look like they have embossed sea creatures on them?

those long ass bars look super funky, to at all bad just a lil bit strange for me i guess i'm just used to seeing stock mtb bars

PLEASE!! Gary, can you post the link for the stem that the Wald 828 bars were mounted on. Orange painted frame, 4th on the line up. I want to build a 26" cruiser with it. Please mate?

Thanks for the guide, Gary 🤘. My question would be- where do you find these bars? Especially the Wormbar?

love the moths!

great exercise and great for pulling kids in a trailer

What bars would you recommend with a crust clydesdale fork? Currently running a Fun 3 Bar. Looking to try out something different.

ThankQ

Do you think ESI Silicone grips would work on Motorcross bars such as the Suzuki ones?

Moto/bmx bars are the best bars

Hi new to bikes I just picked up a trek 950 with chromoly frame. Will the mothbar fit on my bike?

I just yanked a no rise mothbar off a Kona. Is it still called a mothbar if it has no rise at all?

Hey Gary, what is the front rack on the Diamond back with Blygo bars? Looks sturdy.

Hey, I'm from Melbourne as well, and was wondering how you got these bars in Australia?

have you tried the surly corner bars yet? ive kinda been looking at them to keep my brakes...

wormbar! 😍

🤜-----m-----🤛Magic Components is killing it right now, Worm and Moth bars look 🤌The Moth is an Albatross that likes to shred! I just started riding a set of Wald 8038 bars and they feel pretty great, really similar to the worm bar and super cheap, just hope I don't bend 'em. Thanks Gary!

hey mate. First time i've seen one of your videos. I did notice something, you sound like an Aussie but you have your front brake on the wrong side?!

I know it depend on many things but the you feel a difference because of the weight between normal bike bar and motocros bar?

is the suzuki drz400 mislabeled? I searched for it but only found a dirt bike

Thank u.

Anything with too much sweep is just too slow, doesn't let me pedal efficiently. For relaxed bikes I go with narrow risers.

love wide handlebar, great vdo.

Do the moth bars work with bar end shifters?

what stem is that with the wald bar?

What stem is at 9.30?

Have you ever try to bend a handlebar yourself to change any dimension of it?

6:30 what is that georgeous orange bar?

Video bravo

NONE of the available options in handlebars can make a claim to being ergonomically correct, especially not the sweeps. I cannot understand this. How difficult can this be? Sit on a bike, stretch your arms out to a comfortable position, and look at the natural alignment of the wrists. It is NOT the same as the angle of any of these bars where a rider's hands normally rest. At least in the case of a straight bar, a resting position for the hands is essentially horizontal, but a lot of weight winds up being placed on a bent wrist. An ergonomic bar would sweep back gradually, and then turn slightly outward again to meet the natural resting angle of the wrist. Currently available sweeps do not do that. And, as a result, they are not optimally comfortable, and they steer like a boat tiller. I could design a better bar in an afternoon. That bar would align with the wrist while not over loading that joint.

Much appreciated 👍