I got one of those surly cornerbars (offbrand) and they’re fucking great, would recommend to everyone. Easily the most comfy handlebars I’ve ever owned.
Also currently trying to piece together the perfect small size at most medium weight bicycle EDC pouch to chuck in my panniers so I can field repair my entire shit and also help other people.
Pretty sure I’ll put some bar ends in there just to slap them into random bicycles so people don’t core sample themselves. I am the velocipedal crusader, you will be saved from doctors having to extract a tubular 21mm cross section of yourself so they can figure out what the fuck you managed to lose because you didn’t think to put 50 eurodollarcents of bar ends on your stuff.
I was harassing a driver stopped at a stop sign for honking and screaming past me and my partner on a bike route the other day. Dude was apoplectic that I had the nerve to knock on his window and turned into pure white rage. Tried to use his car to hit me when I tried to ride away.
All this was like whatever because I was going to beat the tar out of him but then he turned right in and hit my partner’s bike when he sped off.
As much as it’s deep in my constitution to use my strong and powerful male body and voice to bully back drivers who try to bully me on the road, I never really considered that I might be putting my partner in danger and I felt absolutely sick that I let my anger put her at risk