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LIGHTEN UP YOUR BIKE PART 7
OK NEXT ON OUR LIST IS BARS,HANDLEBARS AND WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM THRUOUT THE YEARS THAT BIKES BEEN AROUND. OK THERE ARE BASICALLY THREE REAL LIGHT BARS OUT THERE AND THEY ARE THE GRAVEYARD T.I. BARS.GRAVEYARD O.G. BARS AND THE ARES SPAN Q BARS. THE ARES SPAN Q BARS ARE BY FAR THE LIGHTEST OF THE THREE AND WEIGH LIKE 4 OUNCES LIGHTER THAN THE GRAVEYARD BARS AND ARES BARS HAS A 6.5 RISE ON THEM SO THEY ARE SMALLER AND YOU CAN ALSO FEEL THAT THE CROSS BARS ARE LOWER FOR JUMPING OVER YOUR BARS AND DOING SOME OF THE FLIP BARS AND WHEEL TRICK COMBOS AND DOING THOSE TYPES OF TRICKS COMES IN HANDY-COSTS-$80.00. THE GRAVEYARDS BARS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND A GENUIS BY THE NAME OF RICHARD Z. DESIGNED THEM AND THE FLATLAND FUGUTIVES TESTED THEM OUT EVEN BEFORE THEY THEY CAME OUT AND SADLY FOR US ALL, RICHARD Z. WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WOULD OF DESIGNED AND HOW HE WOULD OF CHANGED THE FACE OF FLATLAND. THE GRAVEYARD BARS HAVE A 8 PIECE DESIGN AND HAS A 7 INCH RISE AND A WIDTH OF 24.65 INCHES FOR THE T.I. AND THE O.G. HAS AN 8 INCH RISE AND 28 INCH WIDTH-COSTS $110.00. MOST OF THE RIDERS CUT THEIR HANDLEBARS WIDTH AND MAKE SURE WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU MEASURE OUT WHAT YOU CUT AND DO THE SAME FOR THE OTHER SIDE AS HAVING LOPSIDED HANDLEBARS IS NOT GOOD AND AN UNEVEN CUT BAR WILL MAKE BARENDS HARDER TO PUT ON AND ALSO AFFECT THE GRIPS TOO AS HAVING A CROOKED BARENDS MEANS CROOKED GRIPS. IF YOU DECIDE WHAT TO CUT AND GO AHEAD AND CUT THE ONE SIDE. THEN TAKE THE CUT BARS AND MATCH IT AGAINST THE SIDE YOU HAVENT CUT AND MARK IT WITH A KNIVE OR MARKER SO YOU GET A CLEAR MARK WHERE YOUR GOING TO CUT. USING A GOOD PIPE CUTTER WILL GIVE YA A CLEAN CUT AND A GOOD HACK SAW WILL DO THE SAME BUT BEWARE THE UNEVEN CUT.
A FEW OTHER GOOD BARS TO CONSIDER ARE THE CHOCOLATE BARS BY HOFFMAN BIKES, GT FLATLAND BARS,BASIC WHAMMY BARS IF YOU CAN GET THEM SOMEWHERE AND DANS STILL HAVE THEM ADVERTISED. THE HOFFMAN BARS ARE 1 INCH AND HAVE A OVERSIZED TUBING AND THE CROSS BAR EVEN OVERSIZED TOO. THE HOFFMAN HAVE GUSSETS AT THE UPRIGHTS FOR MORE STRENGTH AND THSES BARS ARE NOT THE LIGHTEST BARS BUT ARE THE STRONGEST FOR THE BIGGER FELLOW. THE HOFFMAN BARS ARE AGAIN LOW AT 6.25 RISE AND HAS A WIDTH OF 25 SO CUTTING THE WIDTH MAY BE A GOOD IDEA-PRICE-$70.00. THE GT FLATLAND BARS ARE 4 PIECE CONSTRUCTION WITH .079 TUBING FOR LIGHTNESS AND THESES BARS ARE 6.8 RISE AND 27.4 IN WIDTH-PRICE-$37.00.
THE BASIC WHAMMY BARS ARE FROM A COMPANY NO LONGER AROUND BUT IS STILL A DAMN GOOD FIND IF YOU CAN FIND THESE BARS. THE WHAMMY BARS HAVE 7/8 TUBING INSERTED INTO 1 INCH SIDE TUBING WHICH MAKES THIS BAR ALMOST UNBENDABLE BUT ALSO MAKES IT HEAVIER THAN NORMAL FLATLAND BARS. THE WHAMMY BARS HAVE A RISE OF 8 INCHES AND WIDTH OF28.5-PRICE-$40.00.
BOTTOM OF THE BARRELS BARS THAT NEED TO BE MENTIONED...........
KHE PHIL DOLAN BARS-$40.00-RISE 7 INCHES/WIDTH 27.5 WIDTH-SUPER LOW CROSSBAR FOR BAR HOPPING AND FRONT WHEEL STUFF
STANDARD STRIP BARS-6PCS-7/8-$55.00 AND 1 INCH IS ALSO $55.00-RIDE 6.75 INCHES AND 25.5 WIDTH
KORE 7PC CANDYBARS- $60.00-STRAIGHT OR SWEEP-RISE IS 7 INCHES AND WIDTH IS 27.5.
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