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Oval bars
No, your eyes are not deceiving you; all Oval Concepts sponsored teams ARE riding 26.0mm "standard" sized bars and stems.
My personal (and therefore our company) philosophy is that "Oversized = Fatter, Heavier, Slower". There is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
The Oversized 31.8mm "standard" is a bad Italian fashion developed when the Italians did not have the efficient butting and swedging technology to offer a safe, reasonably priced, 220 gram road bar. Now that everyone has high quality, reasonably price, triple butted alloy bars made in Asia, and good companies make good carbon fibre road bars in 26.0, O/S 31.8 should die - at least for road bikes.
The strange thing is that all our sponsored teams since the company was founded, including Silence-Lotto, Slipstream and even the old Liberty Seguros squad asked for 26.0. We make both sizes as the market right now demands both sizes but I did not ask nor demand that our teams use either size.
Big Magnus Backstedt is not afraid of breaking his Oval 26.0 bars and stems on his TT bike for the Tour or his road bike for Paris-Roubaix. Robbie McEwen demands bars that are super stiff for his incredible power sprints and he loves our R701 classic bend bars in 26.0. I repeat - there is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
Thanks for the eagle eye.
Morgan Nicol
Oval Concepts, Switzerland
Friday, June 13, 2008
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Oval bars
No, your eyes are not deceiving you; all Oval Concepts sponsored teams ARE riding 26.0mm "standard" sized bars and stems.
My personal (and therefore our company) philosophy is that "Oversized = Fatter, Heavier, Slower". There is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
The Oversized 31.8mm "standard" is a bad Italian fashion developed when the Italians did not have the efficient butting and swedging technology to offer a safe, reasonably priced, 220 gram road bar. Now that everyone has high quality, reasonably price, triple butted alloy bars made in Asia, and good companies make good carbon fibre road bars in 26.0, O/S 31.8 should die - at least for road bikes.
The strange thing is that all our sponsored teams since the company was founded, including Silence-Lotto, Slipstream and even the old Liberty Seguros squad asked for 26.0. We make both sizes as the market right now demands both sizes but I did not ask nor demand that our teams use either size.
Big Magnus Backstedt is not afraid of breaking his Oval 26.0 bars and stems on his TT bike for the Tour or his road bike for Paris-Roubaix. Robbie McEwen demands bars that are super stiff for his incredible power sprints and he loves our R701 classic bend bars in 26.0. I repeat - there is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
Thanks for the eagle eye.
Morgan Nicol
Oval Concepts, Switzerland
Friday, June 13, 2008
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giro
tak sa nad tým zamysli. Na ktorom priereze budeš mať pri rovnakej sile väčšiu páku, hááá?
Zigo Pri rovnakej hrúbke materiálu hrubšiu
wtf, ti vcera slnko uskodilo
pozrite sa na tuto vec inak: ktoru trubku lahsie ohnete? tensiu, ci hrubsiu?
Pri rovnakej hrúbke materiálu hrubšiu
pozrite sa na tuto vec inak: ktoru trubku lahsie ohnete? tensiu, ci hrubsiu?
Tu ktora bude menej poskodena tvarovanim(ak nehovorime o karone). Inac je fakt blbost ak ma volant 31,8 a stlpik 28,6.
Lapierre :? ja mam rovne a tiez su take siroke v strede je to nahovno...ale viac sa mi to paci 
odborny nazor na vec
Vilinko27 
ja mam rovne a tiez su take siroke v strede je to nahovno...ale viac sa mi to paci 
tecumseh
To nieje moc dobrý príklad,hodne záleží od hrúbky steny trubky,ináč ja jazdím oversize,pretože sa mi viac páči 
risototh
pozrite sa na tuto vec inak: ktoru trubku lahsie ohnete? tensiu, ci hrubsiu?
Norbhee 
GaryFisher
OV by som zniesol ai len lastovicky...a kedze mam rovne tak aj tenke 
JoKo Konecne. Uz som si fakt myslel, ze sa tie tluste trubky pacia vsetkym. Zrazu to vyzera ze len Dijckovi Cakam kedy sa ozve niekto za oversize s nejakym rozumnym odovodnenim 
Cakam kedy sa ozve niekto za oversize s nejakym rozumnym odovodnenim Možno sa ozve nejaká cyklistka, že má rada tlustú trubku... Aj s rozumným odôvodnením.
Jaj ja musim byt vyminka mam oversize predstavec a standard rajdy
kiri
ja radšej tenké ako tlusté nepasuje mi žiaden "normálny" držiak na svetlo 
no nejdem si robiť zbytočné výdavky, na 14+ kg biku je to asi jedno
nepasuje mi žiaden "normálny" držiak na svetlo no nejdem si robiť zbytočné výdavky, na 14+ kg biku je to asi jedno
warzone
hehe mne sa to paci oversized a uz som si na to zvykol,teraz ked vidim "klasicky" rozmer 25,4 ,tak mi to pride take krehke(ci chrtie?),co samozrejme nemusi byt
Ale je to v podstate je mi jedno aky rozmer kto ma,je to detail.
Ale je to v podstate je mi jedno aky rozmer kto ma,je to detail.
ja som taky konzervativny mam rad vsetko stíhle...
Konecne. Uz som si fakt myslel, ze sa tie tluste trubky pacia vsetkym. Zrazu to vyzera ze len Dijckovi Cakam kedy sa ozve niekto za oversize s nejakym rozumnym odovodnenim
Cakam kedy sa ozve niekto za oversize s nejakym rozumnym odovodnenim 
bajkonur
Neznasam 31.8. Je to hnus. Vyzera to jak poleno. Aj na krosaku, aj na zjazdaciku mam klasiku.
to je prelozene cez google translator pravdepodobne 
viem o tom. len som cakal marecejov preklad...
JAro marecej ty si madarskej narodnosti, vsak!!!
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