Pure Cycles Original handlebar: the 540 mm bar and the stem conflict
The Pure Cycles Original handlebar records agree on a 540 mm width, but the published stem lengths conflict. The detailed 671003 specification prints 60 mm in its stem entry. The geometry table on the Original product page prints 90 mm across all six frame-size columns.
Read the Pure Cycles Original handlebar entry independently
The detailed sheet describes an alloy handlebar, 540 mm wide, with 30 mm rise and a 6-degree bend. Those are three different aspects of the bar. Width is not rise, and an angle cannot be added directly to a length to produce a meaningful cockpit measurement.
The geometry table separately repeats 540 mm handlebar width in the 47, 50, 54, 58, 61 and 64 cm columns. This agreement on width does not settle the separate stem question. It also does not establish a cutting allowance, an adjustment procedure or a preferred riding position.
Preserve the 60 mm and 90 mm stem records
The detailed stem field reads alloy, threadless, 28.6 × 60 mm × 7 degrees × 25.4 mm clamp. The product geometry row simply gives 90 mm stem length for every listed column. Both records remain visible; there is no source explanation here that identifies one as the correction to the other.
For an enquiry, send the source location with the number and identify the bicycle's actual fitted stem. Do not silently choose the value that seems more plausible or assign a change to a particular model year. The specification sheet expressly allows product specifications to change.
Do not copy the photographed cockpit
The model reference is Pure Cycles Original Bike — Juliet. Its cited low-rise bar description differs visibly from the drop handlebar on the separate white comparison bicycle. A shared single-sprocket layout does not make the cockpits equivalent.
The detailed sheet also lists 120 mm Kraton rubber grips. Keep that component description with its own source rather than substituting handlebar tape inferred from the photograph. The Pure Cycles overview article covers other model families without resolving this particular specification conflict.
FAQ: describing the cockpit accurately
Do both manufacturer records say 540 mm bar width?
Yes. The detailed handlebar entry and the geometry table both give that width.
Does this article resolve the 60 versus 90 mm stem conflict?
No. The two source entries are preserved for checking against the actual bicycle.
Is the photographed dropbar the Original's listed bar?
No. The image depicts a separate unidentified bicycle, not proof of Juliet's cockpit.
Keep further comparisons within the Pure Cycles topic.
Manufacturer references: Original 671003 specification (https://www.purecycles.com/pages/original-specs-671003); Original product and geometry (https://www.purecycles.com/products/original-21154).
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