Trying comfortable handlebars to make my new bike perfect

I have a new bike! It's a Priority Eight, and I've been riding it for a few months and it's pretty great. But this video is my attempt to recapture the magic of my all-time favourite bike by replacing the flat handlebars on that Eight with some slightly more relaxed and comfortable bars without losing the fun and zippiness of the bike.

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If you care, here are the rough specs on the bars I ended up using: Width: 670 mm. Sweep: 40-degrees. Rise: 60 mm. The closest bars listed on whatbars.com is the Dimension Urban Cruiser.

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0:00 Introduction
0:22 About my new bike
2:05 Why I'm looking for different handlebars
2:30 Testing flat handlebars
4:02 Super-wide cruiser handlebars
6:39 Classic swept-back handlebars
7:51 Slight swept handlebars
10:10 The right handgrips for those perfect handlebars
11:30 My favourite bell and phone holder

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