{"id":129850,"date":"2022-01-08T18:14:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T09:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&p=129850"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T05:00:48","slug":"lets-talk-about-swept-back-bars","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/lets-talk-about-swept-back-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s talk about swept back bars."},"content":{"rendered":"

One day, I found a 120mm stem lying around my house so I tried to use it with the Albatross bars. \u2193
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As I rode the bike, I began to wish the bars were a cm or 2 cm closer. These kind of small differences hit me hard every time…<\/p>\n

Swapping to a shorter stem is of course the quickest solution,\u00a0 but I wanted to try something different.<\/p>\n

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There are multiple Rivendell type bars in the market. They all have different shapes and appearance, but most importantly, the amount of sweep is very different.<\/p>\n

The picture above is an image of the Albatross bar and the Choco bar. As you can see, the Choco bar comes back towards the rider more than the Alba.<\/p>\n

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Now I’ve swapped the bars to the Choco bar, using the same 120mm stem.<\/p>\n

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As a result, I got a perfect comfy position.<\/p>\n

To put the amount of sweep of bars in order, I’d say… Albatross\u2192Choco\u2192Losco\/Bosco<\/p>\n

The Alba has less and Losco comes back a lot.<\/p>\n

Be sure to choose the right bars for the right stem and top tube length to get that comfy ride position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":119336,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":119336,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":547,"height":367,"file":"2020\/05\/ac63ab0ace081b66210c8652194830d1.png","sizes":{},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":111753},"post":119333,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ac63ab0ace081b66210c8652194830d1.png"},"acf":{"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1749531670:41"],"_edit_last":["41"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":30224,\"name\":\"*NITTO* LOSCO bar (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-losco-bar-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_7683_2_2.jpg\"},{\"pid\":30227,\"name\":\"*NITTO* LOSCO bar (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-losco-bar-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/e\/1emg_0133.jpg\"},{\"pid\":13233,\"name\":\"*NITTO* B352 albatross bar (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-albatross-bar-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/x\/g\/xgfher.jpg\"},{\"pid\":13234,\"name\":\"*NITTO* B352 albatross bar (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-albatross-bar-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/a\/1a2401583.jpeg\"},{\"pid\":7324,\"name\":\"*NITTO* B352 albatross bar (silver\/aluminium)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-b352-albatross-bar-silver-aluminium.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/0\/5\/05062250_4fa681a0b84d9.jpg\"},{\"pid\":13739,\"name\":\"*NITTO* B356 M's bar (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-b356-m-s-bar-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/w\/1\/w1dpp_7010.jpg\"},{\"pid\":13738,\"name\":\"*NITTO* B356 M's bar (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-b356-m-s-bar-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/d\/1dpp_7009.jpg\"},{\"pid\":18219,\"name\":\"*NITTO* rivendell b357 choco bar\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-rivendell-b357-choco-bar.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/1\/11dpp_29352.jpg\"},{\"pid\":32766,\"name\":\"*NITTO* b303 gander bar (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-b303-gander-bar-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_1203.jpg\"},{\"pid\":32765,\"name\":\"*NITTO* b303 gander bar (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-b303-gander-bar-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/58380b5adbf00c5b2741afb4fc1b2f76\/1\/i\/1img_1181_1.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["119336"],"_wp_old_date":["2021-12-17"],"ctm-post-priority":["0"],"_ctm-post-priority":["field_6522836fa8f5e"],"pp_checklist_custom_item_jlhhonippgapjyw":["yes"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/129850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review-global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}