FULL DISCLOSURE: Velo-Orange provided these bars at no charge to me to review on my YouTube channel, but I'd happily buy them at full price. They're that good. On sale, they're a steal especially since they come with their own stem(s).

I've ridden a lot of alt bars: Nitto Albastache, Nitto B903 Bullmoose, Nitto Bosco, North Road bars, you name it. The Granola Moose is my favorite by a long shot.

The Granola Moose is the alt bar for people that want what drop bars offer but hate drop bars: comfortable, varied hand positions, look dope, aero (for alt bars).

The main hand position at the grip area is super comfy, relatively upright for good visibility, and doesn't catch too much wind. I rode 70/100 miles on a fixed gear century ride in this position with no wrist/hand/neck/back pain. Turns out you don't need a million hand positions as long as the main hand position is spot on.

I find the dimensions of the handlebar perfect for my bike fit. YMMV, but they're designed to fit most people that ride with a 90-100 mm stem.

But where the Granola Moose really shines over any other alt bar are the cross bar positions. If you want to get more aerodynamic, the moose position where the stems meet the crossbar provide a pseudo "hoods" position, similar to having hoods on a mustache bar. You can even get into an aero tuck position that's reasonably fast against headwinds by placing your hands next to each other on the cross bar and bending the elbows.

*Pro tip: If you have a Garmin or Wahoo computer and want to clean up the looks of the bar, the K-Edge TT mount works well. Just be sure to get the Garmin mount if you have a Wahoo or vice-versa to rotate your computer 90 degrees and have it face the right direction.

On top of that, the Granola Moose still does the alt bar thing well with plenty of room for front loads and lots of leverage for climbing out of the saddle and off-roading.

I think I found my new favorite handlebar.

I tried these bars because I needed a little more sweep than I had on my stock bars and they were on sale. I was initially concerned about the style but these look great in person and are very comfortable.

Who doesn't love the timeless bullmoose bars? Bullmoose+comfy amounts of setback=the ultimate handlebars with styles for days. My only nitpick and it's just from using a slighty wider bars with just a hair bit less degree of setback but it's not VO's problem. Just a personal thing I'm used to prior to these bars. Most MTB folks would probably say these are too narrow to shred singletrack comfortably but their just chumps and can't appreciate bars that the industry told that you need in order to ride. Don't be another bro'd out lemming follow the mile wide bars trend and enjoy not having your wrists beg for mercy after riding a bar with single digits amount of setback.

These are great bars, & I suggest a set of reverse levers to max out the grip positions—it works great & you have the triangle anyway for shifter etc. Mounted mine flipped for an alt drop effect, giving a lower center of gravity at the ends & it works nicely. Have bombed down 1000ft drops in Vermont on these & felt rock solid in the saddle at near 40mph on gravel so there’s no question of build & the hand positions are great for touring

Great bars. They offer a bunch of different hand position options for long rides. They also have the perfect amount of rise and reach for what I needed.