Turns out, VO Tourists are pretty much shorter Wald 898s

I love the VO Tourist bars, but wanted something wider. I looked at Ron’s Ortho and MC Moth Bar, but availability and cost just wouldn’t work for me. Pulled the trigger on the Wald 898 because they checked both boxes of price and availability. I instantly loved them as well, but there was something still not perfect. Yesterday, I decided to compare both bars and was kind of amazed. Here is a picture of the Tourist stacked on the 898. The 898 has maybe a couple degrees more flare, and more rise than the Tourist, but the only major difference was the length. The rise could be accounted for with raising a stem. I ended up cutting two inches off the ends off the 898s and I think that is going to put the grips right between the length difference between both bars while giving me the greater width with a slightly more forward position.