Trust me, i have bullhorns with TT brakes and i always wish i had drops. Stay with drops
tuekappel on
Brakes near center are difficult to reach from bullhorns. Not if you have them at the end of horns (cool look), which is possible, necessary for city riding and being responsive to traffic.
jellysotherhalf on
One of my favorite cockpits recently has been flat bars with inner bar ends. I like the more upright mtb position for cruising, and the inner bar ends give a “hoods” position if I want to change it up.
BadLabRat on
Nope. Part out.
MakeItTrizzle on
Shouldn’t be a problem. Horns with TT brakes is great for single speed riding if you’re always on the drops anyway.
wcoastbo on
Get bullhorns. I didn’t see why not.
I do have a couple other concerns. It looks like you’re using a geared cog. Combined with less than 50% chain wrap there could be slippage under high torque as that cog wears. I’d used a singlespeed cog, the teeth are taller and it’s not made to shift like a geared cog.
Also a large bump or frame flex could derail the chain off the cog. Replacing the cog helps, but removing a link and/or adding a half link will also help you get more chain wrap on the cog. Getting a tensioner that works in the push up position helps as well.
My other concern is the top tube. Is that a repair from a break, crack or dent on carbon? Is the repair done with resin under that tape? Or is that just protection for the top tube, not broken in any way?
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Trust me, i have bullhorns with TT brakes and i always wish i had drops. Stay with drops
Brakes near center are difficult to reach from bullhorns. Not if you have them at the end of horns (cool look), which is possible, necessary for city riding and being responsive to traffic.
One of my favorite cockpits recently has been flat bars with inner bar ends. I like the more upright mtb position for cruising, and the inner bar ends give a “hoods” position if I want to change it up.
Nope. Part out.
Shouldn’t be a problem. Horns with TT brakes is great for single speed riding if you’re always on the drops anyway.
Get bullhorns. I didn’t see why not.
I do have a couple other concerns. It looks like you’re using a geared cog. Combined with less than 50% chain wrap there could be slippage under high torque as that cog wears. I’d used a singlespeed cog, the teeth are taller and it’s not made to shift like a geared cog.
Also a large bump or frame flex could derail the chain off the cog. Replacing the cog helps, but removing a link and/or adding a half link will also help you get more chain wrap on the cog. Getting a tensioner that works in the push up position helps as well.
My other concern is the top tube. Is that a repair from a break, crack or dent on carbon? Is the repair done with resin under that tape? Or is that just protection for the top tube, not broken in any way?