A man walked into a bar....
Howdy.
Sometimes the unexpected happens. Our bars are done. The Tonic All Time Highs. Kinda hard to call them Tonic Fab because we didn't make them. These are made in Taiwan. Good luck finding a vendor who can produce a butted, swagged and bent piece of aluminum tubing in this country. The Taiwanese didn't invent any of those processes but they pretty much own their orchestration to produce the modern mountain bike handle-bar.
2 years in the making? I've lost track to be honest. So what's the the big deal?
Well these are BIG to begin with. 30" wide. I realize this a bit trendy now, but to be honest I could care less. It's not like we looked around and noticed everyone running wide bars last year and decided to get after it. Tonic Fab is a NW bike company. That's North West.
Anyway, the width is only part of the story. Anyone can import a wide bar (only a handful can actually produce one.)
The quick story is this: I wanted a MTB bar which felt like a Slam Bar. This means more back sweep and less up sweep than the usual MTB standard. The wider your bars are, the more your wrists will enjoy the back sweep. The bar is a little flatter across the top too. Again personal preference, but it all adds up to a very comfy place to get busy.
The rise is pretty standard. 2.25" rise. Basically the equivalent of a standard up sweep 2" MTB bar. Maybe a little taller.
The bar is based on the material(7075) and butting profile from a bar I know to have a very high strength to weight ratio. We didn't set out to re-invent the aluminum handle bar...just apply what we know works to a something we like a LOT better.
Speaking of weight, All Times come in at a safe 350grams.
The cool thing about these bars is that they feel amazing on both my Fall Guy as well as my Heckler. This is a lucky coincidence because after riding these bars, I'd hate to go back to the standard stuff on either bike.
Anyway, these obviously aren't for everyone. For the moment, this is as far into handlebars that I want to go. We can't please everyone, but I do think many people will be pleased with these.
Price: $65 Bar Only
$130 Bar + Thomson X4 Stem.
Color: Anodized Black. Low key graphics.
Sorry I just couldn't justify further delays for colors If you want them painted, we can certainly accommodate you. Just ask.
Available: Will arrive by the end of the month.
If you are in Japan, contact TKC Productions, in Germany, A Town Cycles.
We don't have a million of these, and it's hard to say how quickly these will go. Order now or forever hold your peace.
Excellent week-end. The weather (mostly)was perfect. Wound up getting one last mountain bike ride in before winter becomes a wet and cold reality. Went to an incredible show at a local Elks Club (Run on Sentence) and pulled the headliner out of my car in one piece. Sweet.
There's Chris. Did the Rapha ride last summer and is about to get a kick-ass pump/jump track running in his back yard. Good times ahead.
Bueno! Seriously brilliant conditions. Those are All Time Highs on the Heckler.
Raya dug the ride too. You know where you can save a few $$? Pets. Turns out a piece of an old branch is just as good as an $8 pet store tennis ball.
And now for something completely different.
This has to be the most bizarre car culture I've ever seen. I don't know if I want to be one of the guys doing doughnuts, or or the dude behind the wheel of the car that looks like it's...aimed down? Gotta respect the commitment and utter strangeness of it.
-L
Sometimes the unexpected happens. Our bars are done. The Tonic All Time Highs. Kinda hard to call them Tonic Fab because we didn't make them. These are made in Taiwan. Good luck finding a vendor who can produce a butted, swagged and bent piece of aluminum tubing in this country. The Taiwanese didn't invent any of those processes but they pretty much own their orchestration to produce the modern mountain bike handle-bar.
2 years in the making? I've lost track to be honest. So what's the the big deal?
Well these are BIG to begin with. 30" wide. I realize this a bit trendy now, but to be honest I could care less. It's not like we looked around and noticed everyone running wide bars last year and decided to get after it. Tonic Fab is a NW bike company. That's North West.
Anyway, the width is only part of the story. Anyone can import a wide bar (only a handful can actually produce one.)
The quick story is this: I wanted a MTB bar which felt like a Slam Bar. This means more back sweep and less up sweep than the usual MTB standard. The wider your bars are, the more your wrists will enjoy the back sweep. The bar is a little flatter across the top too. Again personal preference, but it all adds up to a very comfy place to get busy.
The rise is pretty standard. 2.25" rise. Basically the equivalent of a standard up sweep 2" MTB bar. Maybe a little taller.
The bar is based on the material(7075) and butting profile from a bar I know to have a very high strength to weight ratio. We didn't set out to re-invent the aluminum handle bar...just apply what we know works to a something we like a LOT better.
Speaking of weight, All Times come in at a safe 350grams.
The cool thing about these bars is that they feel amazing on both my Fall Guy as well as my Heckler. This is a lucky coincidence because after riding these bars, I'd hate to go back to the standard stuff on either bike.
Anyway, these obviously aren't for everyone. For the moment, this is as far into handlebars that I want to go. We can't please everyone, but I do think many people will be pleased with these.
Price: $65 Bar Only
$130 Bar + Thomson X4 Stem.
Color: Anodized Black. Low key graphics.
Sorry I just couldn't justify further delays for colors If you want them painted, we can certainly accommodate you. Just ask.
Available: Will arrive by the end of the month.
If you are in Japan, contact TKC Productions, in Germany, A Town Cycles.
We don't have a million of these, and it's hard to say how quickly these will go. Order now or forever hold your peace.
Excellent week-end. The weather (mostly)was perfect. Wound up getting one last mountain bike ride in before winter becomes a wet and cold reality. Went to an incredible show at a local Elks Club (Run on Sentence) and pulled the headliner out of my car in one piece. Sweet.
There's Chris. Did the Rapha ride last summer and is about to get a kick-ass pump/jump track running in his back yard. Good times ahead.
Bueno! Seriously brilliant conditions. Those are All Time Highs on the Heckler.
Raya dug the ride too. You know where you can save a few $$? Pets. Turns out a piece of an old branch is just as good as an $8 pet store tennis ball.
And now for something completely different.
This has to be the most bizarre car culture I've ever seen. I don't know if I want to be one of the guys doing doughnuts, or or the dude behind the wheel of the car that looks like it's...aimed down? Gotta respect the commitment and utter strangeness of it.
-L
posted by Tonic Fab at 5:39 PM
5 Comments:
stoooooked
booyah.
you should make them in 3" rise also, that woulded be sick
still wating for the website lol
by the way I have a little forum with my friends here in chile.
you will not be able to understand a shit 'cause it's in spanish, but here it is anyway
www.bikenowar.tk
Daniel,
Not sure we'll do a 3" rise version.
There's a better chance we'll do the low rise version of these.
Anyway, cool site. I like the bike no war tag.
-L
I want those bars so bad.
Landon anser my email !
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