Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Bicycle handlebar" in English language version.
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When Cinelli switched to manufacturing aluminum handlebars in 1963, opinion among the racing elite changed.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)handle-bar n. A transverse bar, usually curved, with a handle at each end, connected with the driving- or steering-wheel of a cycle, by which the vehicle is guided by hand; pl. the right- and left-hand parts of which this is composed.
"Handle bars" on early bicycles were actually bars of solid steel.