{"id":170317,"date":"2025-11-21T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=170317"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:52:17","slug":"a-modern-wide-drop-bar","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/a-modern-wide-drop-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"A modern wide drop bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I chose the 26.0mm clamp diameter. I dunno what it is but I just like 26.0mm bars.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"&quot;HUNTER CYCLES&quot; track (51)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/53529041187\/in\/photolist-2pybk1N-2pyi7F1-2pyfVsp-2pyfVsj-2pyhwSZ-2pygTfP-2pyhwZH-2pybk6x-2pygTk3-2pyfVow-2pyi7E4-2pybk3G-2pyhwSJ-2pyfVqq-2pygTjm-2pyfVnp-2pyi7Fm-2pybk2e-2pyi7yC-2pygTgL-2pyhwWG-2pygTfZ-2pygTjb-2pygTi4\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53529041187_dc30ae8bbc_h.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;HUNTER CYCLES&quot; track (51)\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My favorite is the M186 STI bars that I have on my Hunter, but I&#8217;m writing about the Nulla Bar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-169112\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05739-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05739-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05739-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05739-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05739.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I usually use the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=*FAIRWEATHER*+handlebar+bag+ADV\">Fairweather Handlebar Bag<\/a>, so I needed bars that i can fit this giant bag. The bar width I chose was the 480mm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-169111\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like how it doesn&#8217;t have a classic shape. It&#8217;s got a short reach, a modern shape.<\/p>\n<p>The drop is pretty deep, so I recommend setting the bars a bit higher, so that you&#8217;re not suffering when holding the hooks of the bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":169111,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":169111,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2025\/10\/DSC05750.jpg","filesize":180735,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"DSC05750-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":78548,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"DSC05750-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":134329,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"DSC05750-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":33548,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750-768x512.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":169110,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC05750.jpg"},"acf":{"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_lock":["1763694031:48"],"_edit_last":["48"],"ctm-post-priority":["0"],"_ctm-post-priority":["field_6522836fa8f5e"],"pp_checklist_custom_item_jlhhonippgapjyw":["yes"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":41203,\"name\":\"*CRUST BIKES* nullabar (polish)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/crust-bikes-nullabar-polish.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/_\/a\/_a249243-3.jpg\"},{\"pid\":41207,\"name\":\"*CRUST BIKES* nullabar (black)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/crust-bikes-nullabar-black.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/_\/a\/_a249239-2.jpg\"}]"],"_thumbnail_id":["169111"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/170317"}],"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\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}