Evolution of Mrs. Batty Cee (the Jonesification period)

 

After a few weeks with the flat bar,  I decided to swtich to the Jones H Bar that I have been using with a Kona Dew.  

The Jones Bar was purchased from a friend a few years ago because he didn't like the angle after riding it a few times.  I purchased it with the intention to use it with the mountain bike. However, the hydraulic brake lines were not long enough and I was too cheap to get it done at the shop.  So the bar went to another bike.  For a year or so, I used it with the stationary trainer.  It was a comfortable bar.  I even took the bike off the trainer and did a few gravel rides.

The previous brake line issue was eliminated becasue a shorter rigid fork was installed.  The 30mm different was enough to make a different.

The Jones bike website advice people to mount the bar as high as possible. So I paired the bar with a short stem(60mm) with a high rise.  The position took a few weeks to get used to becasue it felt like I was riding a cruiser!   It also offers my hand multiple positions and the promary position has about 205mm space to move my hand around.  I could go from a hammer position to a move my weight back position.  It totally made the bike more versitle!    

Becasue of the mulitple hand positions and the 45 degree angle, it was way better than a flat bar and was close to the comfort of a drop bar.

However this particular model was made with straight guage aluminium and it is heavy as sin.  It weights at 625gram

Things were go well with the bar.  Then warmer wether arrives and I was reunited with my Cyclocross bike.  One ride and I realised how much I miss riding the drop bar.  I played with the On One Midge bar for a few days, and the Jonesification period came to an end.  The bar went back to the Kona.

However,  I will not hesitate to use Jones Bar with any hardtail...Only if I have another bike