A bicycle handlebar is the steering control for bicycles. It is the equivalent of a tiller for vehicles and vessels, as it is most often directly mechanically linked to a pivoting front wheel via a st
Drop handlebars (of the "ergo" or "anatomic" variety)
Porteur type bicycle handlebar, from an Italian Bianchi bicycle, circa 1940
Handlebar on an 1818 draisienne by Niépce
Conventional drop handlebars with harlequin cloth tape wrapping
The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at speed on paved roads. Some sources use the term to mean racing bicycle. Other sources specifically exclude racing bicycles fro
An aluminum road bicycle made by Raleigh and built using Shimano components. It uses wheels with a low spoke count for reduced air drag.
The steel frame racing bicycle by the Italian company Bianchi used by Fausto Coppi to win the 1949 Milan–San Remo race.