<div column 95%>
----
{{magura4b.jpg|1979 Ritchey }}
\\
Magura L476-21 bars with crossbrace on a 1979 Ritchey
[[https://www.facebook.com/groups/206343713238299/permalink/872606439945353|facebook]]
</div>

<div column 95%>
..
</div>

<div column 50% #moto>
----
===== Motocross =====

Before Bullmoose bars, mountain bikes were usually equipped with motocross handlebars.  Both motocross and mountain bikes needed the strength to tame the stresses fighting the rider to keep things going straight.  Motocross offered affordable strength with perhaps more weight than needed for a bike.

{{koskicat.jpg?300|1980 Trailmaster Catalog}}
\\
1980 Trailmaster/Cove Bike Shop Catalog
[[ http://mombatbicycles.com/MOMBAT/BikeHistoryPages/Koski.html|mombat]]
\\
Magura, Magura or GSM - nothing else would work.

</div>


<div column 45%>

{{ritchey_1979.jpg?440|1979 Ritchey}}
\\
1979 Ritchey equipped with Magura L476-21 motorcycle handlebars.
[[https://www.facebook.com/vintagemtbworkshop/photos/a.858491370904382/3336455249774636/|facebook]]
Prior to 1980, the best handlebars were wide, flat & light motorcycle handlebars from Magura.  Almost all Series I & II Breezers used Magura handlebars.  See a gallery of 52 different Breezers: [[http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/vintage-joe-breeze-breezer-photos.html|Vintagemtbworkshop Breezer gallery]].

</div>


<div column 90% #motomtb>
----
===== MX & MTB =====

Motocross handlebars found on early mountain bikes.

</div>

<div column 16%>
{{breezer:jbx1.jpg?0x180|1979 Breezer JBX1}}
\\
The 1977 [[breezer:start#jbx1|Breezer #1]] used a GSM Motorcycle (Germany) handlebar with an SR stem.
[[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1419571|smithsonian]]
</div>


<div column 16%>
{{cook:1980.jpg?0x180|1980 Cook Bros Racing Cruiser}}
\\
1980 [[cook:start|Cook Bros]] Racing Cruiser.  Modified by [[https://theradavist.com/steve-cooks-1980-cook-brothers-racing-cruiser/|Steve Cook]] with Magura bars.
[[https://theradavist.com/steve-cooks-1980-cook-brothers-racing-cruiser/|theradavist]]
</div>


<div column 16%>
{{koski:tm.jpg?0x180|1980 Koski Trailmaster}}
\\
1980 [[koski:start|Koski]] Trailmaster, with Maguras.  Magura and GSM were the only bars which Trailmaster would build with.
[[https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/repack-rwanda-origins-evolution-and-global-reach-mountain-bike/|sfomuseum]]
</div>
<div column 16%>
{{breezer:breezeriii.jpg?0x180|1982 Breezer Series III}}
\\
1982 [[breezer:start#breezeriii|Breezer]] Series III.  Joe stuck with motocross handlebars for all of his mountain bikes.  See [[http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/vintage-joe-breeze-breezer-photos.html|Breezer Gallery]].  [[https://www.theproscloset.com/blogs/mtn-bikes?year=1982|theproscloset]]
</div>