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davemaas
a Weekend WarriorDate Reviewed: May 8, 2012
Strengths: Light weight, feel good with my set up and feel like they can handle whatever you throw at them. Buy the widest you can and trim if needed.Weaknesses: You have to pay the price like all the rest of the good stuff.Bottom Line: I have the 740mm wide model and it is great to have the extra leverage coming from a MX background. Use a Cobalt 3 stem and you get a great looking front end that really stand out in a crowd. Since I have a higher than stock front end I used the 15mm rise and run the stem low to keep it easy on climbs. No regrets
Duration Product Used: Front range Co.
Price Paid:
$116.00
Purchased At: online
Similar Products Used: Race Face SL 3/4
Bike Setup: Yeti ASR5C, 150mm Fox fork, CB Colbalt wheels, XO 3x9 drivetrain, Elixar CR, Colbalt 11 seatpost, 24.5 pounds
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dubdryver
a RacerDate Reviewed: April 26, 2012
Strengths: Weight equal to competition, strong, durable, relatively comfortable.Weaknesses: No weakness, but make sure you clamp to spec!Bottom Line: I have had these installed on my Salsa Selma for about a year now, and transferred them over to my Lynskey Pro29 SL. Because of the top tube length of both my Selma and my Lynskey for a size small, I went with these bars to utilize an expensive stem that I like and had on-hand. The back sweep isn't as much as a Truvativ or Easton which I am more accustomed to using which actually helped in the end with the bike fit. They have performed non-the-less, and proved to be durable and comfortable.
The dampening quality and flex is on par with Truvativ and Easton EC70 as well so if you see a good deal on them, they are worth considering. These bars actually weighted 181g which was 5g less than the Easton EC70 Low-rise 31.4 that I run on another bike, and only cost $80 at the time when I bought them, so pretty good value as well.
I will touch on the perceived weakness, as it doesn't make sense to post something and not elaborating. I may have over tightened the brake clamps onto the bar and after a year of not even touching the brakes or the bars, when I moved them over to the Lynskey, there was a slight ripple on each side just outside the clamping spot. I have not noticed any effect on the performance, and they get pounded on as my daily rider, and don't appear to be letting up!
Duration Product Used: Many, I like to travel!
Price Paid:
$80.00
Purchased At: Bike Bling
Similar Products Used: Easton EC70 Low-Rise
Truvativ Noir WCS Carbon Low-Rise
Truvativ T20 Low-Rise
Easton MonkeyLite Low-Rise
Various aluminum bars over the years before going to carbon, but I wouldn't compare them to carbon bars especially the newer carbon bars.
Bike Setup: Lynskey Pro29 SL SS
Lynskey Ti post
Rockshox SID XX 29
Roval Control EL 29 wheels
Magura MT8 brakes
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moemetzger
a Cross Country Rider
from Silver City, IN USADate Reviewed: October 11, 2010
Strengths: Stiff..great feel...look awesome...they have a nice rise and sweep.Weaknesses: Price...Bottom Line: Nice bars and they have the familar Crank Bros. Quality...not sure if they are worth the money, but they make the bike look sweet..I weighed the bars on a mail scale and they weighed excactly 6 ounces..
Favorite Trail: Winona Lake Trails
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$100.00
Purchased At: amazon.com/Niagra Cy
Similar Products Used: this is my first set of carbon bars.
Bike Setup: 08 Stumpjumper Comp 29
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