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Handlebar
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"Handle bars" on early bicycles were actually bars of solid steel. Solid handlebars became obsolete before the end of the 19th century; all modern handle "bars" are actually tubular, but the name persists.
Conventional handlebars are divided broadly into two styles: "drop" and "upright"
See also Hands Up! Adjusting Handlebar Height
| Handlebar dimensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stem Clamp Size |
Grip Area Size |
Application | ||
| 22.2 mm | 7/8" | 22.2 mm | 7/8" | Steel bars. Mainly BMX, older Mountain bike bars. |
| 23.8 mm | 15/16" | 22.2 mm | 7/8" | Obsolete British size for steel handlebars, common on older 3-speeds. This size was also used for older British steel drop bars. |
| 25 mm | 23.5 mm | Obsolete French size. | ||
| 25.4 mm | 1" | 22.2 mm | 7/8" | Standard I.S.O. size, used on the vast majority of newer bicycles with upright handlebars. This size was formerly common for steel drop bars. |
| 25.4 mm | 1" | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Standard I.S.O. size, used on most bicycles with drop handlebars. Also used on older British aluminium upright handlebars. |
| 25.8 mm | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Unofficial in-between size used by some Italian handlebar makers for handlebars designed to be usable in either ISO (25.4) or Italian (26.0) size stems. | |
| 26.0 mm | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Italian standard for drop bars, other bars made to fit Italian stems and some high-end aftermarket drop bars. This is sometimes incorrectly called "road" size. | |
| 26.4 mm | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Older Cinelli and Cinelli copies. Cinelli changed over to 26.0 mm in 1998. | |
| 27 mm | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Titan (obsolete). | |
| 31.8 mm | 1 1/4" | 23.8 mm | 15/16" | Road oversized. |
