Great bar all the way around. Carbon fiber scares the sheat out of me. I have broken the stuff before. For a few extra grams you can have piece of mind that your bar will not SNAP!
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Genital Apparatus
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2003
Strengths: Very light in my opinion, stiff with no flex, looks nice, very wide for those who need extra space (you can just cut it if it's too wide). Plus it's Race Face; that's gotta be a strength all on its own!
Weaknesses: Weaknesses? None so far!
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What can I say? This bar does it's job well, and looks good at the same time! Plus the fact that I got a good deal on it, but that's another story... Not too much rise, but not flat either; just perfect for me! Just give it a try, you'll probably end up liking it in the end!
Submitted by
Josip
a Weekend Warrior
from Zagreb, Croatia
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2002
Strengths: Strength, logo in the center, finish quality
Weaknesses: big logo covered by grips
Bottom Line:
Get that handlebar, its excellent, stiff, light and quality made. I dont have it for long so i cant speak about durability, but whats to be durable -a pipe. Overall a great handlebar as the others ive had. You cant go wrong with any handlebar in my opinion -i just bought this one because its RaceFace reputation. Quality rizer.
Similar Products Used: ritchey rizer pro, roox torquebar, flat bars
Bike Setup: for trials
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Harvey Fujimoto
a Weekend Warrior
from Wheat Ridge, CO
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2002
Strengths: Light weight, quality appearance, Race Face reputation
Weaknesses: Lack of index markings on center of bar
Bottom Line:
This bar is ideal for the XC rider looking for a slightly-more aggressive position for downhilling, but without the "high and wide" feel of full riser bars. The extra width gives additional leverage and control, but without feeling "truck-like." The rise is just enough to give more confidence on steep downhills, but is not so high that climbing feels like doing pull-ups on the bar just to keep the front tire down. I chose the red anodized bar, to color-coordinate with a scattering of red parts on my polished aluminimum frame - it matches fine, although, as previous reviews noted, is a bit pinkish. The bar seems stiff, but I'm not sure how much of that feel is from the new Thomson stem I recently installed. I am enjoying this bar very much, and hope it proves to be durable as well. 5 rellenos!
Bike Setup: Intense Tracer w/XT, Sid 100, Mavic/XT Disc wheels, Avid Mechanical Disc Brakes, Avocet 02 Air saddle, Thomson Seatpost, Thomson stem, Chris King headset
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Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2002
Strengths: modest sweep, light
Weaknesses: little long; raceface text logo small (be proud!)
Bottom Line:
Other risers had too much sweep and numbed my hands at times. This one doesn't because the sweep is more moderate. The only thing I would say is that if you ride the narrow stuff you may get jammed in tight spots - I did in a spot where my old bar could make it between trees.
Bike Setup: 2001 GIANT NRS1,EVERYTHING STOCK EXCEPT REPLACED KOSKI SADDLE FOR SELLE ITALIA TI FLITE AND BARS..
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Scott Lambert
a Cross Country Rider
from Charleston, SC US
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001
Strengths: Just the right curves. Finish quality. Light.
Weaknesses: Can't find one yet.
Bottom Line:
If you feel that the stock flat bar is just too flat, but a full 2" riser would be too much, this handlebar is great. Has just the right curves and rise. Has a great finish, and a look of real quality. Does not seem too wide like a lot of the 2" rise bars. What else needs to be said about a handlebar?! A definate 5 flaming pig entrails rating!
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David Molleson
a Racer
from Toronto Canada
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2001
Strengths: Incredible strength and rigidness for such a light bar, nice amount of rise, feels great at the helm
Weaknesses: I think a crossbar would improve my confidence in this bar
Bottom Line:
I built my bike for hardcore XC freeriding (not sure if that makes sense). I ride distance and speed like a XC racer, BUT coming from a BMX background I hit every jump and obstacle (north shore stuff) I can get my hands on. This bar has proved to be exceptionally light, yet rigid enough bar that I can jump monster doubles, yet still keep up with XC racers through single track. Someday I hope to see a 10km race course, that has nothing but monster doubles and triples, and technical sections that require the finess of a ballet dancer....
Similar Products Used: Profile riser bar with bolt on crossbar
Bike Setup: Giant ATX 870 frame, race face componentry, downhill excaliber rims, psylo XC, big ass tires
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Jay
a Cross Country Rider
from MA
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2001
Strengths: perfect amount of rise and degrees of bend, strong, light
Weaknesses: The "deep red" color looks pretty pink to me
Bottom Line:
I love this bar except for the color which they call deep red but is really pink. Still looks decent because I have a red bike. The position is perfect and I am happy that I got it. bottom line: buy this handlebar.
Submitted by
jochen
a Cross Country Rider
from vienna
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2001
Strengths: tough, looks good, handles nicely
Weaknesses: not reproducable quality
Bottom Line:
my raceface bar is perfect, it still looks good after 2,5 years, survived a couple of chrashes and handles very well. also the quality was perfect - the bends were the same right and leftside - no i wanted to get me a new one - just cause mine is cut off at 58 cm and i want to go 60+, but the one i got had strange bends, the right side was bend more than the left, i returned that junk, and the replacement was the other way round - so i´ll switch to some other bar ;-) 5 chilies for the 1999 product 1 for the new taiwan-made crap = 3 lame peppers
Similar Products Used: specialized rizer, club roost - all the same junk
Bike Setup: had this bar on 3 different bikes - zaskar, bianchi boronsteel and finally santacruz heckler sl
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Submitted by
beaux deuk
a Cross Country Rider
from marietta
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2001
Strengths: good strength-to weight ratio (especially after cutting off one inch on each side!!)
Weaknesses: none to speak of after a year of a grain fed clydesdale's abuse
Bottom Line:
the 5 degr bend is just what i need, these things are verrryyy wide so keep that in mind if you have any real narrow single track, they do seem to be developing a little flexibility, i'll buy another pair b4 i'm eating out of a tube, one of the causes could be a few of the ugly crashes i've subjected them to,