You're doing it wrong

[presta]

My father put my mothers drop bars upside down for her, not that way though, the bends were at the front.

 

[Gillstay]

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Sorry , dashed off for my tea and the comment got missed. I just bought this. Same problem. Seems a bit mad as not comfortable.

 

[SuffolkBlue]

....and another gem! "Been in storage for some time. Needs a good clean and service"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305148049988

 

[Espresso vecchio]

You're too late if you wanted to buy this beauty....it sold very quickly, and not cheap either!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...place_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

 

[cyberknight]

TT set up road bike early 90s when i did a tri ?

 

[Jody]

You're too late if you wanted to buy this beauty....it sold very quickly, and not cheap either!

One of the kids bikes on our estate is like this. Decided I can't be arsed with the hassle of pointing it out

 

[wafter]

.... and another found in the wild; although granted not as bad.

 

[EckyH]

That fender lines...

E.

 

[wafter]

That fender lines...

E.

lol - I think that's the least of its worries

 

[TheDoctor]

The horror.
THE. HORROR.

 

[EckyH]

lol - I think that's the least of its worries

Perhaps it has to be "Those fender lines..."? 🤔

The brake lever extensions at the inside of the handle bar...
Probably they are for runaways.

E.

 

[night cycler]

Another gem from FB muppetplace..

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It's a designer bike.

 

[SuffolkBlue]

It's been a while since I saw one of these - WTF!! Looks like gears are twist grips mounted on the bars next to the stem but that may be the least of its worries ??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32616554...24D1WH&hash=item4bf0fb3b59:g:YL0AAOSw3QhmbxGr

 

[presta]

.... and another found in the wild; although granted not as bad.

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My father put my mothers drop bars upside down for her, not that way though, the bends were at the front.

That's similar to how my mother had hers, but with bars rotated a bit further clockwise, and the levers like this:

 

[Drago]

It's been a while since I saw one of these - WTF!! Looks like gears are twist grips mounted on the bars next to the stem but that may be the least of its worries ??

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32616554...24D1WH&hash=item4bf0fb3b59:g:YL0AAOSw3QhmbxGr

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We used to do that to our racers as kids. We thought it made us look like Peter Fonda or Dennis Hopper, but it clearly didn't.