We got in some of Soma's El Toro handle bars. In general, the chrome-plated Tange steel bars are much beefier than alloy bullhorn handle bars. The bars come in 38, 40, 42, and 48 cm widths. The have a 26.0 clamping diameter. And the inner diameter of the bar ends is 20.9.
You can come into the bike shop and squeeze the 40 cm ones we have. You either like the wrist angle of the bull horn bars by Soma or Nitto, or you don't. You need to try them and see if they make your wrists and arms happy. (According to the Soma website. The El Toro bars were after the Irvine, California, Air Force base burned down by aliens in the movie "Independence Day".)
You can fit the Soma pursuit levers with these bars, but according to the Soma site, you have to buy the 20.6 plugs
separately. (The plugs that hold the Soma Pursuit brake levers inside the front part of the handle bar can expand from 19.6 to 20.6. And the El Toro bars are 20.9.) Make sure you check the expanding plug diameter of your levers before you
get all happy; then, pout like a baby, and then curse like a sailor if your intended pursuit or time-trial brake levers don't fit right.
Photos by Wheelgirl
