{"id":121955,"date":"2021-04-16T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=121955"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:12:36","slug":"nitto-hi-bar","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/nitto-hi-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitto “Hi-Bar”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright guys! Heads up!!
\nThe long awaited(We’re hoping) handlebars are back.
\n\"*SURLY*<\/a>
\nAccording to Kaneyan, who designed these handlebars was a bit worried if these ridiculously high rise handlebars would be successful. And they turned out great. They sold out pretty quick on the first release.
\n\"*SURLY*<\/a>
\nWe believe that we let a lot of people down when these bars sold out in like a minute but thanks to the hard working champs at NITTO, now we have PLENTY of them here.
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\n\"*VELO<\/a>
\nThe following is the whole story of how the *NITTO* Hi-Bar<\/a> was made told by Kaneyan. I hope ya’ll enjoy these fun bars!
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\nThis is a post from 4 years ago. I’m saying that riser bars might become a thing.
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\nSeptember 2016. This is way back when we opened a “Junk Shop” as an event, at Blue Lug Hatagaya.
\nI found this weird mysterious handlebar lying around our old warehouse.
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\nIt turned out that the mysterious handle bars were vintage Wald bars from…I don’t even know when it’s from. But yeah, I didn’t even know Wald made handle bars to be honest.
\nI had to add them to my collection, since it was something I’ve never seen before and it was a dead stock.
\nOf course, I didn’t have any plans on designing a handle bar at the time.
\n2017, I installed the Wald bars on to my bike. Soon after that, our boss came up to me and said, “You should make something like that.”\u00a0 So, I decided to do so.\"\"
\nThis was the first sample that I received from NITTO. I was a bit anxious by how huge they were, but I went for it.
\n2018, samples after samples… NITTO and I still couldn’t solve the safety issues.
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\nThe moment I put them on my Rivendell, I felt the possibilities for these bars even more.
\nThere are countless amount of handlebars in the world, but I feel like there are only a few handlebars that are fun to have.
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