| Comfortable riding with round handlebars: | | | | round handles. Depth and width of the handlebars is |
| As far as handlebars are concerned there are two | | | | very important. Narrow bars will keep your hands |
| choices, the normal and the anatomic. The initial cycle | | | | close together constricting your breathing as well as |
| handlebars were always round. New ideas led to the | | | | the chest movement. You cannot control the bike if |
| application of flat sections on the lower section of the | | | | the handlebars are too wide. Small riders will find it |
| drop, exactly under the brake levers. These are the | | | | even more inconvenient riding a bike with wide |
| anatomic bicycle handlebars. With two variations you | | | | handlebars causing a lot of wobbling and struggling. |
| can place your hands at certain angles only. As far as | | | | Initially steel was used to make stems and bars but |
| round bars are concerned you can hole the bar | | | | nowadays alloys are used. Steel though heavy is still |
| anywhere for comfortable bicycle riding. | | | | being used by some track sprinters. Different qualities |
| Thickness of the handlebars is another important | | | | of alloys are available which are comparatively cheap |
| factor. The middle section of bicycles initially was built | | | | and light. The lighter the alloy the more expensive it |
| to a standard size and all standardized handlebars | | | | can be. One feature of alloys is that they are more |
| would fit onto them. Nowadays you get the standard | | | | flexible. You have to decide on the stiffness as well as |
| size as well as oversize middle section. The latter is | | | | price during the purchase. You could also go in for the |
| bigger and comfortable to hang on to when you are | | | | strong and light carbon bars. Crashing on the |
| climbing. The centre of the handlebar can hold the | | | | handlebars can cause the handlebars to unravel or just |
| heart rate monitor as well as the cycle computer, since | | | | snap off the carbon weave. They come in different |
| you rarely hold on to the centre of the handlebar. | | | | shapes and sizes and can have a flat top section, |
| Extra comfort with anatomic handlebars: | | | | making it comfortable and easy to rest your hands on |
| You can try out both types of handlebars. Anatomic | | | | them. |
| bars are more commonly found as compared to the | | | | |