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Submitted by
clay davies
a Cross Country Rider
from england
Date Reviewed: March 26, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | aktington cycles | | Strengths: | light, nice thickness for grips. | | Weaknesses: | can be too wide if you want to go through bushes | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | trance 2 | | Bottom Line: | this is a nice light handle bar which is ideal for normall trail riding
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Submitted by
Ragged Edge
a
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Stiff, durable and light. | | Weaknesses: | Not the lightest | | Bike Setup: | Turner 02 | | Bottom Line: | 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! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Genital Apparatus
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Don Valley | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$27.00 | | Purchased At: | SportChek Eaton Centre | | 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! | | Similar Products Used: | The cheap bar that came stock with my bike but got bent in a crash. | | Bike Setup: | Ks Zed 1.0, Race Face stuff, RST fork, SRAM drivetrain components. | | Bottom Line: | 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! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
N8
a Cross Country Rider
from Monterey, CA
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Sea Otter Loop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Stiff, Light & Gorgeous | | Weaknesses: | None so far... | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Flat Bar | | Bike Setup: | '02 StumpJumper, Deus 100mm Stem, Low-Riser Bar | | Bottom Line: | I haven't had it for long but so far, along with the Deus stem there is a -huge- difference in my climbing and riding ability in general. Great stuff! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$42.00 | | Strengths: | Strong, light, great riding position, not too overly expensive. | | Weaknesses: | RF logo covered up if you care about things like that. Not really much of any other weakness I can see. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized stock bars. | | Bike Setup: | '01 Stumpjumper M4 | | Bottom Line: | Light, strong, worth the purchase. Would definately recommend this bar to anyone. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josip
a Weekend Warrior
from Zagreb, Croatia
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Strength, logo in the center, finish quality | | Weaknesses: | big logo covered by grips | | Similar Products Used: | ritchey rizer pro, roox torquebar, flat bars | | Bike Setup: | for trials | | 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. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Harvey Fujimoto
a Weekend Warrior
from Wheat Ridge, CO
Date Reviewed: April 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$48.00 | | Purchased At: | Speedgoat | | Strengths: | Light weight, quality appearance, Race Face reputation | | Weaknesses: | Lack of index markings on center of bar | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Crow Bar | | 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 | | 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! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt
a Weekend Warrior
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | DuPont SF | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | 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. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Cross Country Rider
from Farmers Branch,TX
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Cedar Hill State Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | LOOKS,STREGTH,RACEFACE
| | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | TITEC XC LOWRISE | | Bike Setup: | 2001 GIANT NRS1,EVERYTHING STOCK EXCEPT REPLACED KOSKI SADDLE FOR SELLE ITALIA TI FLITE AND BARS.. | | Bottom Line: | THESE BARS MADE ME A BETTER RIDER,CLIMBER AND MORE CONFIDENCE ON THE TRAILS..TRY AND KEEP UP:-)... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott Lambert
a Cross Country Rider
from Charleston, SC US
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Swamp Fox NRT | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | www.jensonusa.com | | Strengths: | Just the right curves.
Finish quality.
Light.
| | Weaknesses: | Can't find one yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock CODA flat bar | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale CAAD 3 hardtail, XT drivetrain, Thudbuster seatpost, p-bone headshock. | | 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! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Molleson
a Racer
from Toronto Canada
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | don valley single track | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Solutions | | 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 | | 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 | | 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.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jay
a Cross Country Rider
from MA
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | anything hard and technical | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | perfect amount of rise and degrees of bend, strong, light | | Weaknesses: | The "deep red" color looks pretty pink to me | | Similar Products Used: | ringle riser | | Bike Setup: | AEON ISIS built up for freeride | | 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. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jochen
a Cross Country Rider
from vienna
Date Reviewed: May 18, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | tough, looks good, handles nicely | | Weaknesses: | not reproducable quality | | 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 | | 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 | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
beaux deuk
a Cross Country Rider
from marietta
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | bear creek | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | mikes bikes | | 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 | | Similar Products Used: | hyperlite, ritchey pro, | | Bike Setup: | pro model stumpy, full race-face, lp's,sl hdst,stem, bot-brac, chris king race-lites etc. | | 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, | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Fields Fields
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: February 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$49.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | Perfect geometry, lightweight (even for an alu bar, strong and oh so sexy | | Weaknesses: | None except the fact that the placement of the Race Face logo on the bar means it gets covered up when you install the grips. | | Similar Products Used: | Whatever was stock on my Rocky Mtn. Oxygen Race. | | Bike Setup: | Ibis Alibi, Full XTR, Thomson Elite Stem, Thomson Elite Seatpost, Mavic 517s laced to Chris King Hubs | | Bottom Line: | Awesome Aluminum bar at a great price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Marin County, CA
Date Reviewed: February 17, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | B-17 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Tahoe Bike Pro | | Strengths: | Strong, good looking. Durable finish. | | Weaknesses: | None for me. | | Similar Products Used: | Flat bars. | | Bike Setup: | Aeon Isis L frameset, XTR brakes & hubs, XT BB, crankset & front derailleur, Mavic 517 wheels, Panaracer Fire XC Pro 2.1 tires, Raceface 1" riser bar & RealSeal headset, Thomson post and stem, '01 SID 100 fork, Stratos AR-1 shock, SRAM 9.0 shifters & rear derailleur. | | Bottom Line: | The flat vs. riser bar debate is puzzlingly heated- the main reasons that I see for risers is to 1) change riding position without changing your stem and 2) looks. The main reasons not to use risers is 1) decreased strength/weight ratio and 2) looks. This 1" riser seems to be a nice compromise- I've paired mine with a 5º/100mm Thomson stem and cut 1" off of each end. Your mileage may vary, but I find the grip position quite natural with that combo. Steering feels solid and precise (no doubt aided by the supremely stiff Thomson) with just the right amount of leverage. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt
a Weekend Warrior
from B.C.
Date Reviewed: October 7, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | name em | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | well.... come on guys.... its race face
its strong, the perfect rise, and it looks sooo sexy
its pretty light too | | Weaknesses: | ab-so-lute-ly NOTHING!!! | | Similar Products Used: | kona DH (not as good) | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Kona Cindercone | | Bottom Line: | this is the best bar ever
it is worth every last penny that you pay
every thing is perfect about this bar | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MARK PAGE
a Weekend Warrior
from LOUGHBOROUGH
Date Reviewed: September 28, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | BACK GARDEN | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Raceface brand, looks and control | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Titec, Bigfoot | | Bike Setup: | Muddy Fox Alu Pro, Raceface and Xlite posing machine | | Bottom Line: | I am completely raceface biased, so have to tell you all to go and buy this product. Seriously, if you want to buy a riser bar then I would recommend this over everything else. I have Xlite Nobbie bar ends on mine and the control is just perfect. Do recommend getting the good 'n' evil grips to go with them aswell. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jb
a Cross Country Rider
from Norway, Oslo
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Looks, perfect rise, strenght | | Weaknesses: | None so far (or ever) | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager, NoNames, | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher ht, SIDs,XTR\XT, Mavic 517, Hutchinson Gold | | Bottom Line: | This is a perfect bar for me, I don't want some with 2-3" of rise, 1" is perfect. It gives you more control, and it works in climbs too.
This bar RULES,Too the boys from CAnada, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Downhiller
from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Captain Jacks and Jones Downhill | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | strong
good colors
extremely accurate steering | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | specialrise, spec. flat bars | | Bike Setup: | 99' FSR Race Face setup, XT/LX components, Manitou X-vert DC | | Bottom Line: | Strong, somewhat light. This bar is by far one of the most comfortable and strong bars I have ever owned. The react very well with quick movement and have survived many crashes without a scratch. The work very well in DH setups for people who don't like two inch plus risers.
These bars are extremely well craafted, of course what do you expect from the big red maple leaf. extremly durable and worth every penney.
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Submitted by
Jared none
a Cross Country Rider
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Milstream | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | -looks
-the finish hasn't faded yet
-rise, fles, comfort and it's still raceable
-it's a prime bar for any bike, I think more racers should try it, it's cheap too
-it's lasted a lot longer than my old control tech flat bar ( bent it hardcore ) | | Weaknesses: | -I wasn't told that any Canadian company had any weaknesses
- None | | Similar Products Used: | -control tech flat bar, which bent realy bad after attempting to air a cool section
-kona riser bar, stripped it where the clamp on the stem is, airing the same section that I broke my flat bar on
| | Bike Setup: | -98 vertex t.o.
-race-face everything
-2000 atom bomb in the polished finish
-syncros hinged stem, polished as well | | Bottom Line: | Race-Face knew what they were doing when they made this bar. my skill level has been increasing rapidly to a more hardcore ,jumping/drops kind of riding and this bar has held up. I bent my old control tech bar when I was a lesser hardcore rider that's bad, and the race-face has been with me through all of my worst crashes, and best stunts and still hasn't broke. I have put a lot of off-road km's on this bar and it's been to the shore twice, moab once and south cal many times along with 100's oof rides and races in the rocky mountains as well as wheel skiing a few times. I'm very impressed. I've snapped and warped rims many times but haven't bent this bar. I'll definitely be buying another one next year. there crank and bb combination is amazing as well. another product that has been mocked on this site is syncros rims, mine have held up realy well but you need a good wheel builder to do them and triple cross lace the spokes and you shouldn't have a problem. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan L.
a Downhiller
from Sacramento, California
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | orchard trails in sac | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Relatively stiff, width just right, looks great, durable | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | crappy specialized rizers (deathtrap), azonic double wall | | Bike Setup: | specialized rockhopper frame, SE landing gear rigid fork, Azonic shorty, XT, s-works cranks | | Bottom Line: | these are great bars not the stiffest though if you are riding rigid but i fixed the small amount of flex with a cross bar. I have been doing some crazy dirt jumping lately and have gone through 1 crankset and 1 wheelset but havent cracked bars yet. The last bars i rode were specialized rizers, the crap broke at the grip. I was very lucky and walked away with some bruised ribs. I got these bars when i got my new stem because the azonics were to high of a rise and have loved them. Go get some right now! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
s-rocket
a Cross Country Rider
from Anchorage
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | The width is just right at 25.2" | | Weaknesses: | The 5 deg sweep is not enough for a bar this width. It puts your wrists and an uncomfortable angle. | | Similar Products Used: | Titec Hellbent Flattracker. | | Bottom Line: | I did'nt like the 5 degree sweep. Bar quality is great. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eurosac
a Weekend Warrior
from chester/uk
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | mtn goat winter park c/o | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | light weight for a riser bar.cheap | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | s-works fsr xc king,nextlps(the bomb),xtr etc | | Bottom Line: | another top product from the the boys in canada. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Aunt Bee
a Cross Country Rider
from Oz
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | still searching... | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | fit & finish. it looks great and rides even better. i haven't detected any flex (besides my stem). definitely more comfortable for your typical death march. | | Weaknesses: | you're kidding, right? | | Similar Products Used: | titec | | Bike Setup: | GT, Marzocchi, Panaracers, Mavic, King, XT, more Raceface | | Bottom Line: | The low rise certainly has made riding more comfortable but hasn't diminished the "attack position." What made it perfect was losing the bar ends, cutting a full inch off of each side, and using Oury grips. Now it slices through technical singletrack like butter. At 44 bucks it would be a sin to go with anything else, eh? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
crazy canuck
a Racer
from canada
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | the last one I rode | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | width, wieght (255grams), flex, rise, prefect rise | | Weaknesses: | weakness from a raceface product I don't think so | | Similar Products Used: | titec hell bent, easton monkey, ritchy | | Bike Setup: | schwinn moab 3 full xt, xtr vbrakes
Rockshox Judy c the bomb suspension) | | Bottom Line: | Best bar I have ever seen, great price at like 50$bucks
buy this bar | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jonathan
a Cross-Country Rider
from Lake Tahoe, CA
Date Reviewed: December 30, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
tahoe rim trail | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
looks
strength
width | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
specialized riser | | Bike Setup: |
FSR XC comp | | Bottom Line: | Totally killer risers. i love the width of this bar. Gives me more leverage for hopping obstacles and better pulling power for climbing. 1' rise is just enough. The bar looks supercool with etched raceface logo, i have clear grips and it shows up through these. Much happier with these in terms of width and flex than I was when I tried the easton carbon low riser. | | Overall Rating: |
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