{"id":177357,"date":"2026-05-28T16:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=review-global&#038;p=177357"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:10:33","slug":"sweepback-or-greater-but-less-than-a-drop","status":"publish","type":"review-global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/review-global\/sweepback-or-greater-but-less-than-a-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweepback or greater, but less than a drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"*RIVENDELL* charlie h. gallop (53)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bluelug\/54885341214\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54885341214_6a00c32013_h.jpg\" alt=\"*RIVENDELL* charlie h. gallop (53)\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I liked the Billie Bar on my Charlie, but I started to notice that I was grabbing to the fore grip pretty frequently when I ride.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177231\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And so I swapped the handlebar.<br \/>\nI am 168cm tall and ride a 53 Rivendell Charlie H Gallop. I picked up the Nitto MT-10 dirt drop stem. It feels a tiny bit too far, but it&#8217;ll do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177230\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7795-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7795-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7795-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7795-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7795.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177232\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7793-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7793-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7793-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7793-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7793.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I gave up on this bar when I had it on a different bike because it felt way too far for me. To solve that problem, I cheated the brake lever placement. I placed it a bit further to the bar end than it should be.<\/p>\n<p>Now it feels like I can access the brake lever while holding the fore grip on the Billie Bar.<\/p>\n<p>Wentz once told me that I shouldn&#8217;t put too much weight on the bar when using a drop bar, so I&#8217;m currently trying to get use to that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-177233\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7794-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7794-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7794-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7794-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7794.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I put some wool felt grips on the sweep area for when I want to ride in a relaxed position. It feels way better than nothing! I&#8217;m liking this set up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":177231,"template":"","better_featured_image":{"id":177231,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1980,"height":1320,"file":"2026\/05\/IMG_7792.jpg","filesize":218306,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"IMG_7792-1280x853.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":108879,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-1280x853.jpg"},"large":{"file":"IMG_7792-1720x1147.jpg","width":1720,"height":1147,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":169324,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-1720x1147.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"IMG_7792-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":47940,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792-768x512.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":177151,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7792.jpg"},"acf":{"not_to_displayed_on_top":true,"ctm-post-priority":"0"},"post-meta-fields":{"_edit_last":["48"],"not_to_displayed_on_top":["1"],"_not_to_displayed_on_top":["field_6944f0f6461a3"],"ctm-post-priority":["0"],"_ctm-post-priority":["field_6522836fa8f5e"],"pp_checklist_custom_item_jlhhonippgapjyw":["yes"],"_my_meta_value_key":["[{\"pid\":24816,\"name\":\"*NITTO* rivendell albastache bar (silver\/25.4)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-albastache-bar-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/1\/11img_9352_.jpg\",\"selected\":true},{\"pid\":36006,\"name\":\"*BLUE LUG* cotton cloth bar tape\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/blue-lug-cotton-cloth-bar-tape.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/_\/a\/_a2400796-1.jpg\",\"selected\":true},{\"pid\":47499,\"name\":\"*RIVENDELL* wool felt grips (gray\/pair)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/rivendell-wool-felt-grips-gray-pair.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/w\/o\/wool-felt-gray.jpg\",\"selected\":true},{\"pid\":47502,\"name\":\"*RIVENDELL* wool felt grips (brown\/pair)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/rivendell-wool-felt-grips-brown-pair.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/w\/o\/wool-felt-begie_1.jpg\",\"selected\":true},{\"pid\":43542,\"name\":\"*NITTO* mt-10dx dirt drop stem (silver)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/nitto-mt-10dx-dirt-drop-stem-silver.html\",\"src\":\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/3523710a6209bf43bdc4af034e5e9b62\/1\/_\/1_dsc8436-1.jpg\"}]"],"_edit_lock":["1779952658:48"],"_thumbnail_id":["177231"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review-global\/177357"}],"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\/59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}