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25", 210g, 1.75" rise
26", 214g, 1.75" rise
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22", 125g, flat
23", 127g, flat
B5:
22", 125g, flat
23", 127g, flat
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24", 180g, 1" rise
25", 183g, 1" rise
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Submitted by
Ed Francis
a Cross Country Rider
from Kailua, Hawaii
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kahuku moto-x track | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay/ Annette's Prod | | Strengths: | Very cool looking carbon/Kevlar weave ( yellow and black). Strong, and light bars with very comfortable bend. | | Weaknesses: | None to date. | | Similar Products Used: | Profile carbon bars | | Bike Setup: | not relevant | | Bottom Line: | Bought these LP Composites bars from Annette's products on eBay, and couldn't be happier. I have both the DH and XC version of the hybrid carbon/Kevlar bars. The bars are amazingly light.... and very stiff..... especially if you buy the 31.8mm diameter. I would recommend that anyone looking to purchase these bars go with the 31.8mm diameter because it's much stiffer than the 25.4mm version. The look of the hybrid ( yellow and black) bars is truly awesome and trick! I can honestly say that these are the best composite bars on the market today... far superior to the other brands such as FSA, Easton, etc. Those other companies don't seem to have the quality that these LP Composites bars do. LP has been around for quite some time.... and they have a excellent customer service policy.... and the bars are guaranteed for 50 years by LP to the original buyer! I doubt I will be riding 50 years from now.... but's it's still cool they offer that kind of warranty!
Bottom line is.... if you want a uber-cool looking set of composite bars.... look no further than these LP Composites bars. I own 3 sets... and will be buying one more this weekend from Annette on eBay. 5 grilled guacamole burgers for this Bad Boy Bar! ***** | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George Hansen
a Weekend Warrior
from Erie, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: June 4, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$65.00 | | Purchased At: | Ebay-Annette's Products | | Strengths: | Gorgeous craftsmanship (I'm an engineer, so I notice small manufacturing details professionally). | | Weaknesses: | Can be a little hard to find place to purchase. | | Similar Products Used: | Easton carbon fiber | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F3 Aluminum Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | A really great choice. Beautifully made and really unique. Not sure why you don't hear more about these guys. I immediately noticed the vibration-damping compared with the OEM aluminum bar, as would be expected for CF.
I measured around 205g for my 25" long, 31.8mm clamp diameter, "XC Riser" bar.
Reasonable price and US-made...top shelf!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris McKim
a Cross Country Rider
from Tacoma, Washington
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Monarch Crest | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | Hybrid weave is amazingly cool. Absorbs some vibration. | | Weaknesses: | flexes (see above) | | Similar Products Used: | Easton monkeylite, Scott at2-lf, many aluminum bars | | Bike Setup: | Ventana El Conquistador Tandem | | Bottom Line: | This is for the XC riser bar. These bars are great deal through Annette on ebay. I use them driving an off-road tandem = no lifting the front end over obstacles and trying to steer 350lbs of mass. This bar handles it all with no complaints. It does have some noticable flex which took a bit to get used to visually. I still notice it if the trail is boring. That flex really allows the bar to reduce buzz and vibration. Strong bar and light weight. LP has a 50 year defect warranty and a 12 month free crash replacement. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Al
a Weekend Warrior
from Rome, NY
Date Reviewed: July 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$95.00 | | Strengths: | Light, very comfortable. Soaks up bumps well. Looks good! | | Weaknesses: | Upper-most layer of bar makes the diameter just slightly bigger than most aluminum bars, and will make removing/applying brake levers, shifters, and grips VERY difficult! | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Exile 29'er SS. | | Bottom Line: | I like the bar because it is nice and light, and eats-up road vibrations well. And it looks cool.
I use this bar on a Jamis Exile 29'er with a rigid fork, so a more compliant bar was a must for me. This bar does well in those regards.
But the top layer on the bar is a plastic-like substance which increases the outside diameter. This makes applying your accessories/drivetrain components incredibly difficult. I had to use a sanding bit to drill out the inside clamp diameter of my brake levers just to slide them onto the bar. And my grips were also very difficult to apply.
I am happy with the bar now. But when it comes time to upgrade anything that's attached to the bar, I won't like it very much. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
konstantinos sapounakis
a Cross Country Rider
from greece
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | x poros | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | lp directly | | Strengths: | nice design light strong quite rare in europe | | Weaknesses: | it is impossible to fit some high end bar end plugs
| | Similar Products Used: | conventional (alu ) stms
ritchey , coda | | Bike Setup: | lapierre x conrol evo 2 with fournales fork
cannondale caad 3 fatty D
both with xt | | Bottom Line: | great product very stif and nearly hard to ride without gloves!
make the front of the bike very responsive and u appreciate the quality of your fork
if the fork is crap and with lateral flex change it first!
got one on both bike no problem
they handle without difficulty the bar ends and all the climbing out of the saddle peddaling
the price was ok but the postage ruined me...
are worth the hasle if u want a quality product with a different design
i owe the xc bar 5 degrees 0 riser | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gerry
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston, TX
Date Reviewed: November 1, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | too many to mention | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$57.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Superlight and super strong | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Easton Carbon Monkeylite | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Scalpel Sobe Team, Titanium Lefty, XT / XTR combo | | Bottom Line: | This handlebar rocks. Value for the money, you cannot find a better buy. If you follow the manufacturer's specification as far as torque is concerned, no reason for this handlebar to crack nor break. Not unless you probably abuse it, what won't break? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
si harry
a Cross Country Rider
from inverness, Scotland
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cwmcarn | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$49.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | got this bar to replace my cracked easton monkeylites. great price from LP as the had a blemish which I cannot find. look cool as on my Klein. the flex does take some getting used to though. | | Weaknesses: | none. The bar i got was a 'second' from the LP factory which means it has a cosmetic blemish...hey i can find it and it was only $49..... | | Similar Products Used: | easton monkeylite, moots ti | | Bike Setup: | klein attitude race, king, cane creek, XT/XTR, raceface etc | | Bottom Line: | great bar, great price, I wont be seeing many of these in Scotland...he...he...he.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Jones
a
from Lufkin, Texas
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tyler State Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Stout, Stiff, yet compliant | | Weaknesses: | none. | | Similar Products Used: | Easton | | Bike Setup: | 99 GT Hardtail (most-BOMBER frame), Marzocchi, XT, Raceface, Sun, WTB, blah, blah... | | Bottom Line: | Mo'-Bettah' bar than riders' abilitiy to destroy it ;) Gets the job done that the 105 Marzocchi can't handle on the small-vibes, & then some extra on the big, over-th'-bar hits. If ya' ain't pushin' th' envlope, you ain't ridin'...
A full ten-flamin' rapid-release habanero turds from La Unica. None of that Tex-Mex cloggin' up th' colon. whooooeeeee! Go out & get you one... The Arimid-Carbon looks sweet as well. This sweet bar is worth every dime. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Paul C
a Weekend Warrior
from Boca Raton, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Strength, weight, end plugs, looks, quality and on and on... | | Weaknesses: | Maybe a little wide (I have the XC riser bar) but not terrible. | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche 3.0 Disc | | Bottom Line: | These are great bars (XC riser, Aramid yellow fiber weave). Done some big jumps and had some real nasty spills, not a flinch. Always get compliments on the color and pattern. Very strong and smooth. Love em! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
cmdrpiffle
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz Ca. USA
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Niscene Marks/Soquel Demo | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order/uhh, I forget who from | | Strengths: | Durability, strength, safety, looks | | Weaknesses: | Look, it's a tiger yellow weave carbon fibre
handle bar...how could there be a weakness? | | Similar Products Used: | None
| | Bike Setup: | Clark Kent F-12.. | | Bottom Line: | Very safe bar. I've used em all from the 5000 series
aluminum to the 7000 series. Last bar was a Easton Hyperlite.
That said, I got the 22" B5, and CUT 1" off of each side
with my Dremel. Put the plugs back in, and put some
shorty carbon bar-ends on. I think this is a bullet
proof bar so far. NO complaints. This from an ex Cat-1
rider who's snapped a 5000 series alum bar at highway
speeds. Never again. Point of contact failures suck.
I'd recommend this bar. Truth is, I lusted after it for
the look, and bought it as bling, then really learned to
appreciate the quality of it.
Ride on
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Submitted by
Michael
a Weekend Warrior
from State College, PA
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tussey Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | EBay | | Strengths: | MTB riser Bar has good flex. Before these my hands use to ache on long rides or downhill techy stuff. Excellent customer service from LP! | | Weaknesses: | None for me and I ride them hard. A friend broke one in a bad crash and LP sent a replacement. The replacement is holding up well despite a lot of abuse. | | Similar Products Used: | Steel | | Bike Setup: | GT I-drive 1.0, LP seat post and Bar with Braids Jr, Spinergy Xyclone wheels, Sram RD and cassette w/ Twist Grip Shifters. XTR FD, Rock Sid Rear shock with Lockout, Avid Juicy Seven Hyd brakes. | | Bottom Line: | I would buy these again, added the Braids Jr extensions and with the variation of hand positions and minimal flex from bar, hands never get sore like with a steel bar. I'm 195lbs and havn't experienced excessive flex like some other posters. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris b
a Cross Country Rider
from Richmond, VA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Powhite | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle path in Portland ,OR | | Strengths: | A Strong carbon fiber DH bar. Excellent trail chatter damping. This bar smooths the trail out like butter. No more tired arms! Great looks and greater price! | | Weaknesses: | Not the lightest carbon bar, but I like the added strength for peace of mind. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontregar crowbar, Titec Flat tracker, Specialized special rise, etc. | | Bike Setup: | I have this Bar on my Specialed Enduro FSR. A "Trail bike" or all mountain with 5" travel front and rear. Marzocchi Z1 on the front. I am using a Profile Stiffy stem with it. | | Bottom Line: | This is everything I wanted in a carbon bar without the fear it was going to snap on anything rough. I have heard that the Easton bars will break if you abuse them so I opted for the LP DH version in a 26" length. The sweep of this bar is great at 10 degrees. It puts your hands and wrists in a very comfortable postition. The Damping of this bar is wonderful. It lets you ride longer with much greater comfort and controll. Excellent price point on this bar very affordable at 70$. If you are looking for a carbon bar for your trail bike or cross country rig go with LP a Top Quality Handlebar. five flaming frogs! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich
a Cross Country Rider
from Redmond, Wa, USA
Date Reviewed: August 3, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tiger Mtn. | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | LP store | | Strengths: | lightweight, aborbs hits well, and very strong | | Weaknesses: | have not found any | | Similar Products Used: | Scott aluminum bars | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 770, DX/XT/XTR, Marzocchi Z.1 X-Fly, Specialized Endro Pro tubelss tires, Chris King, LP seat post & barends | | Bottom Line: | I would not buy anything else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew McCarty
a Cross Country Rider
from Bingen, WA
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Direct | | Strengths: | Flex (shock absorption), color finish, USA made! Excellent warranty! Reinforced for bar ends and impact protection (flat bars only). | | Weaknesses: | None so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager. | | Bike Setup: | I'm reviewing the B5 in a 21" width. I've got a hodgepodge of excellent and middle of the road parts on a Specialized hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | These bars rock. I made a point of riding them the day after I installed them and replaced an alloy bar. I could totally feel a difference, especially in my upper back the next day. I'm definitely into the flat bar/bar end scene and LP reinforces their flat bars with a G-10 fiberglass plug. 89 bucks gets you a killer USA made carbon bar, with a killer warranty. Their flat bars a little heavier than the competition, but this is the penalty for manufacturing a bar that's bar end compatible. If you're into the riser bar scene, check out their XC and DH risers. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
eli jah
a Cross Country Rider
from kent,washington USA
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | LP composites store | | Bottom Line: | good components 5 star | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Georgia
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Pretty light. Doesn't break. A little less pricey than easton. Much better than a flat bar! | | Weaknesses: | Not the lightest bar ever. | | Similar Products Used: | MAXM | | Bike Setup: | Had this bar on an NRS, then a Heckler. | | Bottom Line: | I have really thrashed on this bar for a couple of years with no problems. LP bars have a reputation for being a bit stronger with a bit of a weight penalty, but not much! It has survived many, many crashes without complaint. I had this bar on a NRS1 and I think it improved the feel and ridability of the bike a great deal. A good bar for trail riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
prc
a Cross Country Rider
from Batalha Portugal
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Strengths: | Weight,flex,price,looks | | Weaknesses: | flex (til U get used to it), never know when a carbon bar is going to break. | | Similar Products Used: | Easton monkey lite & CT2 straight bar | | Bike Setup: | Custom Seven Sola | | Bottom Line: | Took a while geting used to the amount of flex this bar gives (much more than any of the eastons). It did solve the hand numbness I used to have on very long rides. On extremely rough DH terrain it's a bit harder to keep the bike tracking correctly.
Otherwise I've had no problems with it, considering I weight 245lbs. Will probably change it this year cus you never know when a carbon bar will break. It's a 4.5 (just wish it had a bit less flex).
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Submitted by
Andre Sanches
a Racer
from San Diego, CA (originally from BRAZIL)
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anderson's Truck Trail | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Pro-deal with sponsor | | Strengths: | Weight(damn light), looks (the black/yellow looks awesome), strength and plactic caps on the end. | | Weaknesses: | As any other carbon bar, be careful when installing it, you don't want to use too much force. | | Similar Products Used: | Lost count... | | Bike Setup: | GT I-drive avid mechanical discs(front), Avid Ti(rear), Rock Shox Psylo SL, XTR and xt(front) Rock Shox Delux rear suspension. XT Hubs (front is disc), and keeps on going. | | Bottom Line: | If you wnt the advantages of carbon, get it! Much cheaper than easton, with exact same quality, and better looks. Very strong. I do very hard riding on the San Diego State campus, drops, stairs, jumps and going up stairs. This bar handles the vibrations and the forces I put on it very well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
k
a
from SLC, UT
Date Reviewed: May 1, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | width, flex (absorbs vibration), looks | | Weaknesses: | flex, price | | Similar Products Used: | Easton Monkeylite | | Bike Setup: | Tracer (X-fly 100 on front), Raven (headshock 70 on front) | | Bottom Line: | I've used the LP and the Easton carbon bars, and I like them both, but I think each is geared towards a slightly different use. The LP has a fair amount of flex, and does a nice job of helping absorb those fast little stutters that the shock won't. It's great on the Raven to help out the headshock with it's limited (70 mm) travel. But, on the tracer, I think the Easton is better. It's quite a bit stiffer and gives more precise steering, and the Marzocchi doesn't need the help that the headshock does. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam VeraSforzza
a Racer
from Seattle, Wa, USA
Date Reviewed: April 24, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Whistler BC | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Aardvark online | | Strengths: | Very light weight, looks the best, durable, smooth ride over high-freqency vibs that your shock cannot dampen. | | Weaknesses: | None whatsoever. LP should start making cranks, boosters, maybe even a seat. | | Similar Products Used: | S-Works stock bars, Icon, Bonty. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 S-Works M4 the best (under 20lbs)
2001 Same as above but 21.4lbs | | Bottom Line: | Best bars out there, I have the 22" b5 on all my bikes, they look unique in a growing world of CF products. With all other bars it feels like I've pulled a Joe Pesci on a cannonball with n Al bat, these are the answer. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jon robinson
a Cross Country Rider
from chi
Date Reviewed: November 30, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | knock knolls | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | flexable, cheaper than monkey light | | Weaknesses: | wide, but it's a riser | | Similar Products Used: | crowbar | | Bike Setup: | gary fisher sugar three, bontrager race tubeless, xt drive train | | Bottom Line: | this bar is very flexable and it is cheaper that the easton. I have no complaints about this bar. If you like a little rise and nead the strangth of carbon and you are on a budget this product will be great for you. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Albert Jan
a Cross Country Rider
from Haarlem, the Netherlands
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | baracuda.com | | Strengths: | It's looks are the best, sudenly got lots of friends
Damping is perfect, keeps your arms in shape | | Weaknesses: | have not found one yet | | Similar Products Used: | all kinds of aluminium | | Bike Setup: | 'Snel, Utrecht' custom built, sram 9.0, mavic 412, magura Jhonny T, | | Bottom Line: | Top stuff, for top bikers | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel
a Cross Country Rider
from Ann Arbor, Mi
Date Reviewed: September 12, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | Strong, reliable, killer looks, vibration damping | | Weaknesses: | Gotta be careful when installing | | Similar Products Used: | Icon stock | | Bike Setup: | Specialized S-Works, XT, Cook Bros. Easton Mag. Stem | | Bottom Line: | This is the kind of thing to buy if you:
a) Have the cash
b) Enjoy the benefits of lighter weight
c) Want something on the front end that's distictive
d) Get pissed off about vibrations that no fork can stop
Just beware: Carbon aint metal. It doesn't bend or warp without consequences, so when you're in the garage, yanking on the allen wrench to tighten the stem around it and hear the thing crack, you best not ride it. You screwed up. Buy a new one and next time, do not install it yourself if you can't follow manufacturing torque specs! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Allen
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, Texas
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | Greenbelt & City Park | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA.com | | Strengths: | Light weight, looks and lower price when compared with Monkeylite riser bar. | | Weaknesses: | None that I have experienced so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Crowbar | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC DS1 frame, Bontrager wheelset with one each of Panaracer and Hutchinson Gold tires, Thomson stem and seatpost, LX drivetrain, Chris King headset, Liberator Ti Race leather seat, and Rock Shox SID. | | Bottom Line: | No flex for me, but I weight at a mere 130lbs. No cracks or chips on this handlebar and I have done some serious crashing. The price is cheaper than Monkeylite riser bar and I am only guessing the quality is similar. The color is pretty cool, because the LP I have is zigzag yellow and greenish stripes. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Chris Allen
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonds, WA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | Ti Cycle | | Strengths: | Looks, weight, vibration dampening.....errr looks! | | Weaknesses: | None that I have found | | Similar Products Used: | Answer, Easton | | Bottom Line: | I've had great luck with these bars. I've ridden the crap out of them for four years without one single problem. I've called LP just to confirm that it is safe and they have told me things to keep an eye out for to avoid failure. None have showed up. Sure, I've rotated the bar ends (also LP) once or twice, but that was my poor riding style and not a product defect. I've also tried these bars with a number of different stems and had no problems. Anyone looking for a light weight bar that has a high chi-chi factor could do alot worse than to go with LP. Remember: that's FOUR YEARS! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
WRIDER
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna Niguel, CA, 92677
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$79.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA.com | | Strengths: | Lightweight, strong, and darned handsome. Reduces vibration that the fork lets pass through. | | Weaknesses: | A little pricey, but you get what you pay for, right? And they're not unbreakable - my buddy snapped his in a wreck. | | Bike Setup: | Intense Uzzi SL and a Thomson stem. | | Bottom Line: | A fine addition to any fine bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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John
a Cross Country Rider
from Fayetteville
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$105.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light, strong, reduces hand fatigue | | Weaknesses: | Cost at LBS, 70 bucks via JENSON | | Similar Products Used: | Easton CT2, Bontrager Crow, Answer flat | | Bottom Line: | Best bar I have used. Have the CC riser style, cut 1/4 off the ends, and now it's SWEET! Six months of use, crahed a few times. No cracks or the like.
It really does reduced hand fatigue, big time on long rides.
Put the Wooley aluminum end caps to prevent the ends chipping. For 70 USD, they can't be beat. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porc Rim, Moab | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Purchased At: | Jones Bikes | | Strengths: | Vibration damping. Have a hard tail with AMP F3 2 1/2" travel. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Qranc quick-stick. | | Bike Setup: | King hubs, XTR everything else. Prestige superlight chromoly hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | I used the flat bars with 3-degree bend. The manufacture told me these things would last at least 5 years. After 3 years of hard abuse with a 2 1/2" travel fork I’m now getting worried. Iv had no problems with them I just think its time for some new ones. I wont get them for my new bike though. My new bike is Full suspension and I don't wont the small amount of flex on this new ride. If you want sweet bars these are them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rainshadow
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hurkey Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$88.00 | | Purchased At: | Soul Cycles | | Strengths: | Pretty light, pretty strong, cool looking, probably very good vibration dampening. I'm reviewing the 3 degree flat bar, black weave. | | Weaknesses: | They break occasionally, but doesn't everything? | | Similar Products Used: | No other bars on this bike, hence the lack of reference frame. | | Bike Setup: | Ibis Mojo, 99' Zoke Atom Bomb, XTR, Raceface stem & cranks, Thomson post, Nuke Proof wheelset, etc.. | | Bottom Line: | These bars lasted me through a good nine months of hard crashing in rock gardens. Finally broke it on friday in a crash on a railroad trestle, it cracked most of the way through under the left grip, which kept it together for the next 15 miles, more or less.. went back to my LBS on saturday and bought another one, this time a 3 degree "tigerstripe" flat bar. Obviously I'm not bothered by the fact that it broke. I haven't used any other bar on this bike so I can't compare it to anything. (I'm 6'3", 180 soaking wet) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
c note
a
from irving texas
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | forgot by now | |
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