This is a 5 year follow up on these handlebars. What can say, these have got to be my favorite mountain biking part over just about everything I have used in the past 5 years. For their weight, these bars are unbelievable. I can not believe they don't make them anymore. They are great bars, awesome angles and sweep, great stiffness, durability (obvisously) and still awesome looks.
Bike Setup: These bars have been on about 9 bikes so far, currently on a Bullit
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Russ Clartt
a Cross Country Rider
from Chelmsford
Date Reviewed: February 23, 2005
Strengths: strong, adjustable & yellow
Weaknesses: As below, getting stuff on is hard because of the paint thickness, getting bar ends on was impossible but I can live without them.
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I bought this as a stopgap while I was looking for some carbon riser bars, mainly because it was cheap. Now I'm keeping it.
Main things I like are the absolute solidity of the thing, and the clear sweep for lights, speedos etc.
because of the 'D' shape of this bar it also lets you run two setups with a couple of minor adjutments. With knobblies I have it sat up like a riser bar for more height / shorter stem length. With slicks I set it down & forward to get an extra 2" extension and a lower riding position.
It might be a touch heavier than the alternatives, but when I'm putting a lot of bodyweight on the bars with no worries thats a price I'm happy to pay
Bike Setup: The relevent bits are: Raceface system stem, WTB headset, and Duke Race forks
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Vlad
a Cross Country Rider
from Kiev Ukraine
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2004
Strengths: Feel, width, looks, every single inch of it...
Weaknesses: Are you kidding? NONE, this bar doesn't have a weakness
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This bar is super strong. If i wanted to i could take it off my bike, use it as a crow bar, beat a rhino to death, put it back on my bike and it would still be the best out there.
Similar Products Used: Kore Elite Bar, amoeba, some noname
Bike Setup: Hawk Fat Bone Sun Ringle Uncle Jesse Titec Hellbent seatpost xt/xtr
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ClydesdaleMTB
a Cross Country Rider
from NH
Date Reviewed: July 20, 2001
Strengths: You could use this bar to jack up a truck! the perfect rise and sweep for me to get ballanced just right on my bike.
Super thick YELLOW paint
Weaknesses: Super thick paint. BFD My CatEye computers' cable is too short to reach the bars, now. BFD Took almost a month to get direct from Sun-Ringle!
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I'm a big rider (see picture above) and stuff breaks under me it it's not of the highest quality (see bike specs ;-)
My bike was built for one goal: "not to break"
I've bent/broken 4 bars in the past year untill I found the Uncel Jesse. No more bent or broken bars!
If you need to rise a few inches and are a larger rider, tired of bending bars, this is the bar for you.
Front: Marzocchi z.2 sun rhyno lite-XL w/ Velociraptor Cand Creek Direct Curve brakes King headset Profile stiffy stem Rear: Sun Rhyno Lite on Hugi hub carrying a Fire XC-Pro 2.1 Hope Endoro4disc brakes Thomson Elite seatpost, etc etc
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Steven Alexander
a Racer
from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2000
Strengths: stiff, I have used a different riser bar for the past two years, and just figured out where the flex in my front end came from
Weaknesses: heavy, if that is a problem, drink one less beer friday night.
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This thing rocks. You can actually centre your lights on your handle bar. It also has enough room in the centre for your computer and heart rate monitor. So, no looking from side to side for data. This bar is stiffer than any straight bar that I have tried, and at 19.00 at their website, what more can you say? I am still getting used to the bend, but on my second lap out on them, I found I was starting to get comfortable with them. Could be a little lighter, but, I think there are better places to lose weight then on a handlebar...
Strengths: EVERYTHING. No other handlebar on earth should ever be made again. STIFF, STIFF, STIFF, oh and STIFF. wide, nice color (YELLOW) GOOD welds (yeah it has welds), not as heavy as I expected, nice bend, awesome looks
Weaknesses: heavy for people who wish they could climb without gravity. ->Go ride on the moon. Heard it would work better.
Hard to get stuff on it (brakes, shifters) cause of paint (thick layer of it). Ringle should make this thing anodized!
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This product RULES. I am still trying to find something bad about but I can't even IMAGINE any default this product has.
It's the stiffest thing I have ever seen, You could stand a 250lb guy on the ends of this handlebar and it still wouldn't bend. It also makes a lot of people frown when you tell em it's 480gs, heh, that's heavier than 2 flexy handlebars, but it works better than 5 of em welded together. Put little stumpies on the end and it's awesome to climb on. The bend on this thing is EXCELLENT for climbing if you decide to put stumpies on it. Also, get it yellow, it'll get everyone's attention, even when you walk in to those fancy bike stores that have seen it all. This product has gone long time unnoticed, it's a dam shame. Go get it for 19 dols at their web site. I hate promoting but it's just a deal of a lifetime....
I would give it 6 chillies but MTBR won't let me :)
Similar Products Used: Profile, Azonic, klein tubing Al, club roost
Bike Setup: Klein Mantrta comp, Marzocchi Z3 QR20 110, Fox Vanilla rear
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Submitted by
Christian
a Racer
from Warrenton VA USA
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2000
Strengths: As of now LOOKS, good brand name and got it on closout for 19 bucks!!!!!!!!!!
Weaknesses: Heavy I hear
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I just ordered this thing, I can't wait to give it a shot, for 19 bucks (this is a $65 handlebar) I thing I'll get more than my dollar's worth!!!!! Plus killer yellow looks awesome!
Weights doesn't really bother me to some extent, so I don't think it's beefy 400+ gs are gonna be a pain
