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Nobby the Bastard
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PostPosted: 15:31 - 02 Jan 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheInternet wrote:
Nobby the Bastard wrote:

3. my mountain bike has 25" bars



3. Useless in traffic.


You seemed to miss the bit about my exup being 28" wide. I commute through bristol on it every day and have never had an isse with it's width.
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TheInternet
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PostPosted: 15:50 - 02 Jan 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nobby the Bastard wrote:

You seemed to miss the bit about my exup being 28" wide. I commute through bristol on it every day and have never had an isse with it's width.

No doubt the streets of Brizzle are extraordinarily commodious however the ones I'm on regularly suffer from traffic in adjacent lanes being packed tight and stationary. It's not uncommon to see cyclists making much better progress through some sections, although not on MTBs, obvs.
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Nobby the Bastard
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PostPosted: 15:52 - 02 Jan 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheInternet wrote:

No doubt the streets of Brizzle are extraordinarily commodious however the ones I'm on regularly suffer from traffic in adjacent lanes being packed tight and stationary. It's not uncommon to see cyclists making much better progress through some sections, although not on MTBs, obvs.


I'd look for a different route.
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TheInternet
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PostPosted: 16:00 - 02 Jan 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's some sense in that. The worst roads are those which have been converted from one generous to two very meagre lanes, or reassigned to cycle SUPERhighways. They are often major routes, however each of these scenarios leaves no space for the unofficial bike lane.
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kramdra
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PostPosted: 16:31 - 02 Jan 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
While I think completely unessasary to change the bike and I do enjoy filtering on the CBR6, this might help OP

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232174127552

As they are adjustable, set the width as you want, and angle them inwards slightly. No idea what size forks on a cg. I have got 43mm ones waiting to be fit on the cbr6.
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