Moustache Handlebar. A wonderful handlebar, and a variation of a bar born 104 years ago. It offers the quick and easy braking position of a flat bar with the multiple hand positions of a drop bar and is better than either for a whole lot of riding.

On a commute bike where speed, visibility, quick brake access, and multiple hand positions matter, there is no better bar. You can go fast on the road and get more aero than you can with a standard drop bar. The wider-than-a-drop-bar grip helps you to pull up steep climbs and stay in control on bumpy sprints. You can ride the Moustache Handlebar off-road and reach the brakes instantly.

If you find flat bars too confining, try a Moustache h'bar.  If you're now on drops, but want a better position for commuting, or riding in town, or on trails, it may be just what you're after. It fits all road fittings and bar-end shifters.

Made of heat-treated 2014 T6 aluminum, and suitable for off-road riding as well. Use a short stem 7 to 9cm and get the bar higher than the saddle. The Nitto DirtDrop stem is ideal, and the shorter Nitto Technomic Deluxes work well, too. By the way: Nashbar sells what it calls a moustache  bar, but it's not this one.

26mm clamp. Fits road brake levers, bar-end shifters. Just like a drop bar.  Stem not included.

If you want to use bar end shifters with this bar and your bike is 58cm or bigger then you'll probably need extra long shifter cables and housing.

Want to make your bars look nice? Finish off the wapping with twine. Here's a link  that shows how to do it.

Nitto's name for the mustache: RM-016.


Requires road drop bar brake levers with a 23.8mm brake clamp diameter.  Mt bike brake levers have a 22.2mm clamp diameter and won't work!