handlebars

I have recently put my Tour de France dreams on hold as I put some Jones bars on the Surly.  Never felt comfortable with the original drop bars, which frequently caused lower back pain and trouble stopping for me.  So far the Jones bars have been just what I was looking for in terms of comfort and better access to the brake levers, but I've only been riding to work and pubs lately.  We'll see how they fare when I head out for a longer ride at the upcoming Bikes & Brews.

Note: just kidding about giving up on the TdF.  I've seen pics of folks who have aero-bars mounted to these, so I'd still be able to achieve high speeds when trying to get to happy hour or training to kick the crap out of all those drug infused foreign riders.