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Submitted by
Vladimir Molina
a Cross Country Rider
from Mexico City
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Valle de Bravo | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$68.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Source | | Strengths: | Ligth, good looks | | Weaknesses: | you can't use bar ends | | Similar Products Used: | Pazzas carbon, Monkey Lite, Ritchey WCS, | | Bike Setup: | In 2001 and for the First Time in a GT iDrive Team,then in a Scott G Zero Pro, now I have a Scott Racing Team issue and is the same bar. | | Bottom Line: | I'm still using the same bar since 2001 because it works as it suposed to be. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Cross Country Rider
from Chico, Ca
Date Reviewed: August 28, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | B - trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay | | Strengths: | Looks cool, dampens well. | | Weaknesses: | THEY BREAK AT INOPPURTUNE MOMENTS!!! | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC, Race Face, SRAM drivetrain. | | Bottom Line: | If you are looking for a safe reliable bar, LOOK ELSEWHERE. Easton claims that under the right settings on the stem, the bars will not break. I might have believed that until the left handlebar broke off on a really mild decent in a race after four months of use (gratefully no injuries).
Carbon may look cool, but IT BREAKS. If you want safety and reliablity go aluminum, that's where I am headed next. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Racer
from Keller, Tx.
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo..... i think | | Strengths: | Looks sweet, cool graphics, incredibly strong.. flex..? what flex i had more flex in my Easton Aluminum bar | | Weaknesses: | none so far, cuz I don't wine about me being stupid and playing he-man when i attach my brake levers.. and bar ends.. use some that go INSIDE the bar instead of clamp on the outside, maybe that'll keep you winers happy. | | Similar Products Used: | basinc bars and Easton Aluminum bar | | Bike Setup: | custom Gary Fisher Sugar 1 | | Bottom Line: | Ok Guys, I dunno what your doing wrong.. or what I'm doing right or something liek that, but I have NO problems with my bar.. I free ride, I race, I trial... and I LOVE these bars, and I weigh 165 lbs. Flex is not an issue.. atleast I'm not anal enough to notice 1/2 a millimeter of flex. These bars look cool, with their striking carbon weave and easton graphics, this bar is great for all.. if you have the dough. and remember.. DON'T tighten your brakes and shifters too tight Or bar ends... cuz I'm tired of reading your sorry wining stories of why YOU messed up your own damn bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Grant
a Cross Country Rider
from OC, CA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Chutes | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Strong, light and stiff. Customer service is OUTSTANDING. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Bike Setup: | Trek SLR with XTR, FSA, CT2 and Selle | | Bottom Line: | I emailed Easton and asked if I, as a larger rider of 220 lbs, should own this bar. The response with back up data was swift. I went out and purchased the bar but was told not to put bar ends on it. Again, I emailed the brand manager at Easton and his reply was swift and even told me to call him if I had any further questions. Damn GREAT service. (BTW, YES you can put bar ends on but the must be of a certain type. See website for details.)
I have used the product and love the bar. Quick, responsive handling and no hint of it being flimsy. The best bar you can buy! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alfonso
a Cross Country Rider
from Oakland, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Speedgoat | | Strengths: | Light as air; rigid, yet absorbs hard bumps well; choices of sweep | | Weaknesses: | expensive (but I paid the full price, now didn't I?) | | Similar Products Used: | various Al bars from Specialized, Bontrager, Syncros | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight, full custom build | | Bottom Line: | Outrageously wonderful bar and perhaps the last I'll ever own. After messing around with various riser bars (all recommended by dealers and riding buddies) for about a year, I finally figured out that a flat bar offered me a much better fit and ride...
Enter the CT2 bar because it offered the squat lenth that I wanted. This is the first flat bar I've owned. This is also the first carbon bar I've owned. Perhaps a testament to Easton quality, but I believe the carbon fiber material in general is head and shoulders above other materials for bar rigidity, bump absorption and finesse. Flat versus riser is a dumb argument that I leave to your own prudent judgement and riding stance.
All said, I gotta admit, though: it seems quite ridiculous to have to pay $70 on a handlebar. I'm the fool that paid the price but never looked back. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from mcDonough,Ga
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Great bars!!!Though I don't use bar ends,these bars climb well and offer just enough flex to help dampen the bumps on fast downhill sections.I weigh 180 and can't see any signs of failure with these bars.I like them much better than aluminum. | | Weaknesses: | None yet. | | Similar Products Used: | Coda,Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale with some upgrades | | Bottom Line: | Good set of bars for the money.They have a good warranty if you save your receipt.Like everything else though personal preferances may vary.I like the little bit of flex that the bars offer while still maintaining a great degree of rigidness when you need it.I have had no problems with cracking or scratching of the surface while installing brake levers or shifters.These bars so far are tough as nails!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MikeD ???
a Cross Country Rider
from Victoria
Date Reviewed: March 12, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Milstream | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | super light
cool looking
Warranty | | Weaknesses: | price | | Similar Products Used: | race-face low rise riser
control tech flat bar
profile stiffy | | Bike Setup: | M2-Pro with race-face stuff | | Bottom Line: | this thing is strong, I tried braking it for a while then I gave up because this super light piece of carbon fibre wouldn't snap. But it had to break sometime. I was clipping along realy in some super rough simgletrack with a pair of tioga 1.85 slicks on my bike then I lost control and wracked out hardcore, big over the endo, smashing my upper leg and arm on a tree and my handlebar and shifter were both ruined the bar had cracked and freighed where as the shifter just looked screwed ( 99 XT rapid fire ) shimano didn't replace my shifter and easton did replace my handleebar no questions asked. It's a good product to have, I couldn't break it trying wheelie drops and bombing some sick descents at a high speed but it took a super hard smack with a tree to finally break it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew Howard
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Gatos, CA USA
Date Reviewed: January 19, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wilder Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Light weight
good warranty
good looks | | Bike Setup: | Titus Moto Lite, WB DC120 | | Bottom Line: | I've been using the Easton Carbon bar for nearly 2 years, and I ride trails 5 to 6 days a week. I have never had any crushing problems at the stem or bar ends (Titec). I have broken the bar twice, in both cases I also broke my helmet and my collar bone. Both times it broke at a bar end, and was still ridable. Both times, Easton was very responsive and replaced the bar promptly. I think that when you are using a product who's main advantage is weight, then you should expect it to be more prone to damage in a crash situation. The CT2 is an excellent product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pooter
a Cross Country Rider
from san antonio
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | light weight
coolness factor of carbon parts | | Weaknesses: | it will break if you use bar ends | | Similar Products Used: | answer hyperlites (best i've had)
codas
ritcheys | | Bike Setup: | '96 c-dale sv1000 | | Bottom Line: | if you look at how long the people below have used their bars, none of them have used them for any real amount of time.
i've had mine for almost a year and they broke at the bar-end junction (i use icon bar ends, which easton says is ok). they were subjected to the same kind of (ab)use as my other bars. yes, i've had a couple of crashes, but not any worse than the ones i've had with my other bars (the answers lasted over two years!)
bottom line, if you use bar ends and don't ride like a wuss, they will eventually break on you.
HOWEVER, eastons FREE crash-replacement warranty rocks! I got my replacement bar two weeks after i sent it out (be sure to have a temporary bar if you want to ride while awaiting the replacement).
one chili for the bar itself, five chilis for the warranty = 3 Overall. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Blake
a Weekend Warrior
from Lubbock, TX
Date Reviewed: July 19, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Light
Looks Great
Vibration Dampening | | Weaknesses: |
Scratches Easily | | Similar Products Used: |
Aluminum other | | Bike Setup: |
Raleigh M-400 | | Bottom Line: | This handlebar is great! It hasen't given me any problems with my bar ends on there. It hasn't cracked either anywhere. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee J
a Cross-Country Rider
from Mass
Date Reviewed: May 18, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Trail of Tears | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Strong, light, good looking, awesome warrantee | | Weaknesses: |
Easily scratched | | Similar Products Used: |
Aluminum bars | | Bike Setup: |
Aluminum HT w/ Z2 Bam fork | | Bottom Line: | This is a great bar- dare I say the best one out there? I ride XC, which is what this was made for, and have had no problems. I've crashed a few more times than I'd like to admit, and it's never cracked or failed on me. The fact a) you don't need inserts for bar ends, b) Easton uses this bar to beat up their aluminum bars, and c) they offer a lifetime, no questions asked replacement program, that really shows how confident Easton is about this product. People whining that they over-tightened the bar and it broke, or used it downhilling and it broke are not that bright- would you use a Ferrari to race across Baja (the desert)??? I don't think so- use the product for what it's intended to be used for and you won't have any problems. I'd easily buy bar this over and over and over again. I'd give it 4.5 stars, 'cause there's always someone who's going to improve something like this... but for now, I think this is #1!!! (5 stars to round it up) | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a Cross-Country Rider
from Tallahassee, FL
Date Reviewed: May 4, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
red bug | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Light Wieght
Durable
Its a Bar | | Weaknesses: |
None | | Similar Products Used: |
Bontrager 6061 | | Bike Setup: |
Gary Fisher | | Bottom Line: | The best bar you can buy. Unless you want really flexy then try a ti. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Cross-Country Rider
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: March 18, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Strong, light, good looks | | Weaknesses: |
epoxy scratches easily, crushes with tightening bolts | | Similar Products Used: |
Answer Hyperlite, Zoom 170g, a few others. | | Bike Setup: |
Santa Cruz Heckler X. | | Bottom Line: | Good looks, decent price, light, purty, but it's a littel fragile and the decals scratch easily. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lychee
a weekend warrior
from singapore
Date Reviewed: March 13, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
i have to say those guys below me are scaring me tremendously with their reviews. i juz bought one and it aint cheap so i hope it will last.
durability aside, the bar so so damn cool with the graphics i could drool. the weaving is gorgeous and it goes so well with my real brake levers and plasma gripshifts. lets hope i have more luck with the replacement program! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Trigger
a cross-country rider
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: February 17, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
The epoxy resin coating around the carbon weave is prone to cracking if one tightens barends, brake handles, or shifters around it with too high a clamp force. My bar easily formed longitudinal cracks when I had to readjust my brake lever positions, and I didn't even apply excessive force to the bolt on the clamp at all. This bar lasted me a few months. It stood up to trail riding, but it proves to be brittle and fragile when a clamping force is exerted on it. I'm using Shimano XT brake levers, and the clamp down is round, so I didn't expect this bar to crack. Also, the epoxy resin gouges and scratches easily. I'm going to avoid this bar in the future. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dee jay
a
from Caracas, Venezuela
Date Reviewed: January 28, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
This bar is way better than I expected, I had a TITEC 118 and didn't liked it that much because it crimps when you tighten the bar ends (even with the BERTS on) so I sold it and traded a TITEC carbon seatpost I had for this one. The thing is very nice, and smooths the ride quite well too. the flex is not bothersome at all, it's not that I'm going to ride any worst because the bar flexes a few milimeters, right?...The only problem I did have was installing it, the bulge in the center was a bit to thick for my KORE aheadlite so I cut the bar in the middle with my dremel tool (I guess that voids the warranty), I then sanded each piece's bulge individually until they fitted tightly into each side of the stem , after which I tightened the bolt and PRESTO!. Now really, great handlebar, low weights, cheaper than the competitions carbon fibers and an excellent lifetime warranty. You can't go wrong.
PS. I didn't cut the handlebar in half but it would be great if I wasn't telling you...UUUHH!!, he cut the bar in half, wow!, I'm gonna try that myself dude he he. Buy one now (they pay me comissions). And to the people that say they don't give five chiles because nothing is perfect, give me a break!. I wpould like to see Siskel & Eibert (how ever you write that) giving a movie two thumbs up minus a fingernail. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brett
a weekend warrior
from Louisiana
Date Reviewed: January 21, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
I rode my handlebar for 1 month before it cracked in half and caused me to break my shoulder. It is light, and it does look cool but I wish I wouldn't have spent the money. Easton was extremely winey about the warrenty. I fought for two weeeks with them. They finally agreed to replace it with another bar, but I swear it wasn't easy.
I do have to admit that the crash I took would have severly bent any metal bar.
I weigh 174lbs. Two peppas 'cause they (finally) gave me a new bar | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
henry
a
from cross-country rider
Date Reviewed: December 25, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The CT2 is a light and hightech handlebar.
While the lateral stiffness is fine, but the torsional stiffness is
not as good as I like. After putting on bar ends, then using the
bar ends for leverage in climbing, the torsional twist is very
noticeable. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nick
a cross-country rider
from vashon island, washington
Date Reviewed: December 4, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This bar is very cool. After I found that a friend of mine in california broke his bar , causing his hand to swing into the spokes, which tossed him and caused him to have a broken finger, collar-bone, helmet, and a concussion and a big chainring gash on his leg, I decided to pony up and buy the best bar on the planet. I really think that it is. No matter how, if you break it, easton will send you a new one, and it has the highest impact strength of any flat bar. Since easton has such a great warranty, they must honestly feel that they have a great product, (otherwise they would lose their shirts and reputation). Also, I know that carbon fiber doesn't fail catastrophically. If the epoxy resin cracks and breaks, the bar will break kind of like a candle and the fibers will still support your weight. It isn't cheap but this bar is the best one I have ever seen and ridden. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kent
a weekend warrior
from New Jersey
Date Reviewed: September 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Outstanding bar! Lite, strong and visually stunning. The quality is outstanding, the flex is small to moderate and (in my case) the bar actually weighed less then advertised at a scant 121 grams. In an industy overrun with false weight claims it this was refreshing. An excellent product for lite to moderate x-country riding. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
corbett
a racer
from omaha
Date Reviewed: September 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I've had these bars on for a couple of months. So far they work great. I weigh about 160 and have raced on them twice, plus took them to Colorado for about 4 days. They are really light and seem to be strong. Also, in case you're wondering, you can put bar ends on them without re-inforcements. You need new ones that clamp down in a round circle. I bought those fat Icon ends and have had no problem with them. You can also cut the bars shorter which I also did. Just use a hacksaw. I like them. | | Overall Rating: |
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