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V-Bars discuss
#1 2013-09-26 10:31am
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Why the lack of V-bars? They seemed like a short lived early 80's thing. I never even owned a pair! I have not seen any in ages. Is it time for a comeback?
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#2 2013-09-26 10:32am
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I never really cared for them personally.
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#3 2013-09-26 10:35am
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Fly already made "new" ones.
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#4 2013-09-26 10:35am
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had some cool v-bars on my huffy pro thunder....pretty sure they were blue.
some of my competition:jason johnson,jason bruton,jason kick,jason wharton,jason theodore
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#5 2013-09-26 10:37am
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no it is not time for a come back. some things should stay dead. they wear realy only good for triails bikes. shure they gave the head a little more space when bashing/crashing. but other than that what good wear they?
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#6 2013-09-26 11:06am
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Sometimes I think they look cool, but other times I don't. Standard made some, and Kappa made a few, as well. I guess Sunday is the solution to all the daggone v bar pads floating around...
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#7 2013-09-26 11:35am
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Anyone know when the first v-bars appeared?
I dig them
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#8 2013-09-26 11:59am
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Axel10 wrote:
Anyone know when the first v-bars appeared?
I dig them
Late 70's I'd reckon.
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#9 2013-09-26 12:01pm
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FRESSTYLE FREEK wrote:
no it is not time for a come back. some things should stay dead. they wear realy only good for triails bikes. shure they gave the head a little more space when bashing/crashing. but other than that what good wear they?
the V allowed them to flex just a little and this kept the bar from being jumped down or breaking from jumping.
Axel10 wrote:
Anyone know when the first v-bars appeared?
I dig them
early 50s... bmx in America started nothing that was not already going on for decades in Europe.
Coco wrote:
Axel10 wrote:
Anyone know when the first v-bars appeared?
I dig themLate 70's I'd reckon.
for the redline flavor, sure.
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#10 2013-09-26 12:08pm
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Mr.Tick is making some more this winter.
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#11 2013-09-26 12:10pm
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V-bars are cool. They were all the rage back in the late 70`s to early 80`s.
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#12 2013-09-26 12:15pm
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Most are too skinny, it's tough to ride 23" wide when you get used to 28"-29" like GT Pro bars or the likes
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#13 2013-09-26 12:17pm
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redline V bars came in 3 sizes.. 24", 26" and 28"
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#14 2013-09-26 12:20pm
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We'll be seeing some more chrome V-bars in 2014
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#15 2013-09-26 12:25pm
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Are the GHP bars, re-issued with the 24 retro in 2011, considered v-bars?
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#16 2013-09-26 12:28pm
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I have my friend's MX II from bitd. He wasn't too thrilled with the v-bars and swapped them out for GT Pro's.
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#17 2013-09-26 12:28pm
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Wouldn't mind having some 28 V bars, but usually the ones I see are too narrow for my liking... as was stated.
Me thinks they need to make bars from stainless steel too...besides the old goose bars....which again are narrow...I digress.
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#18 2013-09-26 12:37pm
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V-Bars look cool on the right build
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#19 2013-09-26 12:42pm
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Meltdown wrote:
Wouldn't mind having some 28 V bars, but usually the ones I see are too narrow for my liking... as was stated.
Me thinks they need to make bars from stainless steel too...besides the old goose bars....which again are narrow...I digress.
Fly made NS V bars,don't know if they are still made but you get modern geo with retro looks.The bars are called pantera v bars.
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#20 2013-09-26 12:57pm
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Redline v-bars on a proline, can't go wrong there!
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#21 2013-09-26 1:37pm
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We'll be seeing some more chrome V-bars in 2014
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#22 2013-09-26 1:57pm
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I still lke VBar but don't own a single pair any longer. I used 23" redline bar to race with and had them extended to 27" later on. I used the same par my entire career. You get used to one shape it was hard for me to change.
I always think of Vbar as a Redline thing that others copied. They allowedfor softer landings because the bars could flex just a bit. I guess it's sort of like the difference between riding a rigid Aluminim frame compared to CroMo frame. CroMo flexes just a touch.
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#23 2013-09-26 2:05pm
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The early nickle redline vbar was maybe 76 or 77 with the deep v called victory bars ive seen these 26 wide and aupposedly up to 28 wide. The later redline vbars are mostly 26 wide although I have 2 unstamped late 79 t o early 80 sets that are 28 wide with a flat sweep. the later stamped hotdog vbars are usually 26 the stu bars are 28 but have a more aggressive sweep then the earlier unstamped bars. I have examples of every type to compare if I have time on sunday ill post them.
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#24 2013-09-26 2:14pm
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"early 50s... bmx in America started nothing that was not already going on for decades in Europe."
VBar were from the 1950's european BMX revolution?! Who knew?!
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#25 2013-09-27 4:48am
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I have a set of Nickel bars here that I've had since 81. My dad extended them and I flattened them out. Since then I have had them powdered Proline red to preserve the nickel better.
I have several pairs of Vbars and I love them.I love my GT bars better though.
70's bmx is where it's at.
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