Synergie Mistral handlebars

[Rod Tibbs]

My Mistral has a reinforcing bar fixed across it which is taking up a lot of useful space. I would like to remove it because it does not seem to be doing anything useful and I would then have room to put some lights on my bike.

Flecc thinks it would be OK but suggests I do a general post to ask if anyone has had experience of this bar and what happens when you take it away. And experiences would be most useful.

Rod

 

[flecc]

Rod won't mind me adding that my approval was subject to on-road use and a fairly upright riding position without much weight on the arms, so steering stresses only.
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