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Which is generally considered to be most suitable?
"On One Gryphon" -- er, this [url= http://www.singularcycles.com/shop/index.php/singular-gryphon.html ]Singular Gryphon[/url] ?
Lol...hence the hurried correction 😳
kind of appropriate though 🙂
Can't help though fella - Cowbells on my Peregrine, not sure what well-equipped Gryphon riders have...
Midge isn't /too/ far away from my Cowbells - the Mungo is that much more flared out? and at only £9.99, worth a punt.
Which is generally considered to be most suitable?
Yes, but it depends. 😉
This'll be a rubbish reply, but good luck in maybe picking the bones out of it ...
TO me - the Mungos feel like a really, [i]really[/i] shallow drop bar.
A while ago I got moustache-bar-curious, so swapped Midge's for Mungo's on my Condor Fratello, and liked it so much, that I've just done the same to my Peregrine. The Peregrine is noticeably different - it feels like it's up for even more of an adventure now. I'd had Midges on the Peregrine for years, and found them great, but the Mungo's seem to suit it ... or more accurately suit *me*, better now (I should add that I've been dealing with a some chronic joint damage in my neck for the last couple of years, which makes a more upright posture on a bike more comfortable than a lower one, so I suspect the bars work 'better', as they help with that).
As much as I rate the Mungo's on my Fratello and on my Peregrine, my Gryphon will be staying with his Midge's, as for me, the Midge's suit the Gryphon perfectly, and I can't see the Mungo's working with the Gryphon's geo (given [i]my[/i] posture, and how I use [i]my[/i] Gryphon) - I kinda sit more 'in' my Gryphon than on it, like I do on my Peregrine, but clearly, that's just a view ...
Luxy Bars if you can find a pair. I am also liking Soma Junebug bars at the moment.
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When I had a gryphon I put normal shallow road drops on but 46cm ones. They were great and didn't look sheeeeeite like all those flared bars.
Used both in the past, albeit on a Kaffenback. As above, it depends. If you are used to drop bars but find the standard road bars too deep for comfort or function on a Gryphon then the Midge is your mouse. They allow use of road brake/shifters without their position being too far out. They are probably nearest to the Luxy's from what I have read as well.
Mungo's to me did not feel like a variant on drop bars, they are obviously shallower and road brake/shifters were a lot less ergonomic as they were splayed out close to horizontal. However, I found the position of my wrists a lot easier with a lot less strain on my back once I got them at the most comfortable angle, in my case sloping down about 10-15 degrees from front to back.
Probably not much help but tried Midges and Cow Bells, and Cow Bells are much better for me on my Swift.