racing bike handlebar for DIY rig?

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ivokwee

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I am planning a DIY rig. I've seen people using a straight mountainbike handlebar with endbars for the front part. Pretty cool actually.

I wonder if anyone tried those curved racingbike handlebar for a DIY shoulder rig? What do you think?
 
I'm trying to visualize what orientation would work with a racing bike bar...I'm just not sure about the ergonomics of it?
 
Don't know if this is within the realm of what you're looking to do production-wise but I used one of these mounted to my Suzuki 650 . . . shouldn't be much of a stretch to mount on a mountain bike: http://gopro.com/
 
I think the OP is talking about making a shoulder rig out of a set of handlebars. When I mentioned the ergonomics, I started thinking about how you would do it...I assume you're thinking about using the bar ends over your shoulders? I think the curl of the bars would be too tight; they would likely position the middle of the bars right against your chest, so although they may work as a component to a bigger assembly attached to the bars themselves, I think it would be pretty confining and uncomfortable. I've recently made a couple of DIY shoulder braces out of PVC pipe and have been really happy with the results. Comfortable, light, highly configurable to your camera/body shape, and cheap. That may be a better option
 
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