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White Brothers
Brothers Ti Bar
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Submitted by
Brian Miles
a Downhiller
from Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Cascade mountains | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | White Brothers | | Strengths: | Cool looking, strong, light, High chi chi factor | | Weaknesses: | none for me as of today | | Similar Products Used: | Merlin and moots titanium handlebars and stems | | Bike Setup: | not applicable | | Bottom Line: | I'm 200+ pounds and I needed a super beefy and strong bar to handle my extra weight and size. I found these bars advertised in Mountain BIke Action, and decided to give them a try. I mounted the bars, and went out for a test drive. Right off the bat I could tell that the bars were soaking up plenty of jolts from the trail. I had used aluminum bars before these titanium bars, and they rode very harshly. With the White Bros bars, it was like floating on a cloud. I could hammer through rock gardens, and barely even feel a thing. These guys did their homework on these bars. I have had them 2 years... and probably will have them for many more years to come. I'd dole out 10 smokin' bat turds for these bars if I could! But 5 will do just fine. Awesome product, no doubt. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Hagi Alexander
a Cross Country Rider
from Arizona
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Death valley | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Man these bars are sweet looking and strong as a mack truck frame member! | | Weaknesses: | zero, zilch , nada! | | Similar Products Used: | Litespeed, moots, titec titanium | | Bottom Line: | OK.... here is the skinny on these bars: I bought these a few months ago on eBay, and have ridden them for about 3 months now. The bend is excellent and very very very comfortable, and the rise is just perfect for my XC steed. I noticed these bars really soak up the trail shock in a very pronounced way. I can ride for hours on end without fatigue whatsoever. They look very chic too... very clean and beautiful finish on these ti bars. If you can afford them, and can find them.... I'd say get your hands on them fast! Best decision I have ever made in handlebars, to be sure. Gonna give 'em 5 burning cow pies for their overall sweetness! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Royce Racoma
a Downhiller
from California
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Will Rogers State Park | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | jenson usa | | Strengths: | Best handlebars I have tried....inspire 100% confidence in blazing fast/ steep downhills. Strong as any bars out there, and won't fail you in times of stress. | | Weaknesses: | not any I have experienced | | Similar Products Used: | moots titanium handlebars | | Bottom Line: | If you can find these bars anywhere.. BUY THEM! White Brothers is no longer manufacturing them.... so they are quite hard to find. I have used them on my downhill rig for a long long time, and they filter out the trail vibration fantastically. They are not flexy, and give instant directional control. I have ridden the Moots brand bars which are similar to these, but the White Brothers seem to be alot more stout and strong than the Moots are. Dollar for dollar, I'd put my money on the WB Ti bars anytime. Top marks for these awesome Ti bars! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mikie watson
a Cross Country Rider
from moab, Utah
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | moab rocks | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria bikes | | Strengths: | Badass strong and light handlebars! Virtually endless fatigue life... these bars are the strongest on the planet , bar none! | | Weaknesses: | You may get bike stolen because thief wants your bars! | | Similar Products Used: | easton bars, litespeed ti bars | | Bottom Line: | Without question these are the best, strongest, and lightest bars on the planet. I have put them through hell and back in my cross country racing career, and they have shined like a diamond. You could run a truck over these things, and never put a kink in them.... they are that strong! Plus you get tons of looks from your riding buddies who are envious of your schwag! I'd recommend these bars to anyone who is serious about their high end MTB gear. Ti bars just don't get any better than this. I'm handing out 5 atomic fuming chillies for this one! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mikie watson
a Cross Country Rider
from moab, Utah
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | moab rocks | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | cambria bikes | | Strengths: | Badass strong and light handlebars! Virtually endless fatigue life... these bars are the strongest on the planet , bar none! | | Weaknesses: | You may get bike stolen because thief wants your bars! | | Similar Products Used: | easton bars, litespeed ti bars | | Bottom Line: | Without question these are the best, strongest, and lightest bars on the planet. I have put them through hell and back in my cross country racing career, and they have shined like a diamond. You could run a truck over these things, and never put a kink in them.... they are that strong! Plus you get tons of looks from your riding buddies who are envious of your schwag! I'd recommend these bars to anyone who is serious about their high end MTB gear. Ti bars just don't get any better than this. I'm handing out 5 atomic fuming chillies for this one! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
johnny stephani
a Downhiller
from california
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Santa Monica trail | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$125.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | SUPER strong and beefy bar, sweet looks, and excellent bend and sweep. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | LP composites handlebars, titec titanium bars | | Bottom Line: | These White Brothers titanium riser are bars are among the strongest out there on the market today. I have abused these bars in severe downhill riding/ racing and they have held up like a champ. Finish is gorgeous too, raw satin finished titanium. I have ridden with these bars for over 2 years, and they have yet to let me down. Far, far stronger than any other bar out there on the market. Don't know what these other reviewers are whining about. Buy these bars, and they will be the last pair you will ever need to buy, or want to buy! I'm looking for a second pair to purchase for myn other bike.... please post any you may have for sale, as i'd be interested in purchasing. Now go get dirty! White Brothers, you did it again! 5 thumbs up! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2005 | | Favoriate Trail: | The one I can ride to | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Wide, nice amount of rise, comfortable bend, strong. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, need to use a shim. | | Similar Products Used: | Titec Hellbent, Bontrager Crowbar | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Kona Explosif SS, Manitou X-Vert Super | | Bottom Line: | The bar is great for single speeds, trials, or freeride bikes because of its width and rise and that is why it is on my bike instead of the Hellbent. Mine is without any of the problems other reviewers mention and does not seem too flexy to me. However, it is heavy for a ti bar, but because of the thickness I am sure it is also a lot stronger than most bars. For this reason I feel more comfortable with this bar on the bike when I am going off large drops with the exception of the shim that has to be used. I JB welded the shim to the bar and also frequently make sure my stem bolts are super tight to ensure it won't slip. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Northern,NJ
Date Reviewed: June 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Ekcosport.com | | Strengths: | Low price. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy for a "titanium" bar. Too much flex. Lack of quality. | | Similar Products Used: | Club Roost GoFast riser, Bont Cro-Bar 5 degree rise | | Bike Setup: | Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | I bought these handlebars thinking that they would make my bike lighter because they are made of titanium. What I got was handlebars that were just as heavy as alloy bars. Also, I thought WB makes high quality products. These bars are the exception. Also, they look really cheap. I must admit, the price was low.
These bars look (and feel) like alloy. I decided to return them immediately after receiving them. Definitely not what I expected for a titanium bar. I don't recommend this bar to anyone. If you're looking for lightweight bars, save your money for carbon bars. This is a true case of getting what you pay for. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | ekosport | | Strengths: | Good price. It's Ti | | Weaknesses: | Not as well finished as the Titec Ti bar | | Similar Products Used: | Titec Hellion Ti | | Bike Setup: | Surly 1x1 | | Bottom Line: | I like this bar. Mine weighs 280gm. The Hellion weighs 240gm. It ain't that heavy. Rides well and supple like the Hellion does. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TuksonRider
a Downhiller
from Tucson, AZ USA
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2003 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fantasy Island | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | salvage | | Strengths: | Like the rise and comfy bend | | Weaknesses: | HEAVY! | | Similar Products Used: | too many to list | | Bike Setup: | Set these bars on a hardtail | | Bottom Line: | HEAVY. If you're thinking these TI bars are light, you'll be sorely dissapointed. I've lifted steel bars that are lighter.
Fortunately, I don't have the akward bends or "off-center" most people seem to have. The bar I have is symetrical.
I got these bars free from a friend upgrading his own bike. I'm glad I didn't pay for them. $5 would be too much. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Luczkow
a
from Okinawa Japan
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | friend | | Strengths: | Ti | | Weaknesses: | They are made by monkeys. These bars are SO off center and bent wrong. At first I thought it was just me, but then i measured them. They are VERY uneven. | | Similar Products Used: | Go-Fast Club Roost, Easton Monkeylite, and other ghetto risers | | Bike Setup: | S-Works, 17", Risers, Platforms, Urban Assault. | | Bottom Line: | These bars came on a bike i got from a friend for pretty cheap, so i have no complaints about the costs, But it is pretty damn sad how bad these bars really are. just imagine taking a nice bike, and running over the front of it with a car. that's how they feel until you get used to them. they WOULD kick major ass if they were made properly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Infusionathan
a Weekend Warrior
from WNC
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Turkey Pen (at least right now!) | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | It's Ti. | | Weaknesses: | The bar was off-center by 3/4". The sweep was different on the left and right sides. The primary bends coming up from the stem were uneven and unequal. From center, one side of the bar was 3/4" longer than the other!!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Race flat, Club Roost GoFast riser | | Bike Setup: | Infusion MXC Pro frame, Z2, Avid brakes and levers, XTR/XT/LX drivetrain, SunRingle ZuZu pedals, Bontrager Race stem | | Bottom Line: | This has to be the shoddiest handlebar I have ever seen! DO NOT BUY ONE! I'm lucky I only got burned for $10 bucks, but I would hate to see somebody else spend $80 and get toasted. A plumber could do a better job of bending a bar than this. I don't know about White Bro's other stuff, but quality control must have been out to lunch on this one. After reading the review below, I thought, "It's only one, plenty of people liked them." Well, I was wrong! Either we both got a bar out of a bad batch, or White Brothers is going downhill in a hurry. Either way, I wouldn't chance it. There are plenty of better bars out there; like the Bonty I was replacing because it was damaged in a crash. In the final analysis, I can see no reason why anyone would want to purchase this bar. I mean, you'd expect a department store bike to have a straight handlebar! It deserves negative flaming chili's. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
emil
a Cross Country Rider
from germany
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | hibike germany | | Strengths: | comfortable slight flex | | Weaknesses: | As stated by another user the center is off approx. 6-8 mm. It is heavy if you compare with most of the alloy stuff. obviously it is not made of a tube but of a rolled and welded piece of titanium (on the lower side you can see the weld) | | Similar Products Used: | answer alloy bar; syncros ti bar; titech ti bar | | Bike Setup: | customized Kona manomano (only the fox vanilla damping unit, the frame and the avid breaks are of the original setup) | | Bottom Line: | I am a bit astonished that it seems to be impossible to make a bar symmetrical for this price. A lot of other companies don't have any trouble with this and sell their bars for a third of the price. If you are out for perfectly made bar don't buy it. If you are a titanium-freak look out for other manufacturers as titech/bontrager. I think I will return it to the shop if possible. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris Brownfield
a Cross Country Rider
from San Francisco, CA, US
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2001 | | Favoriate Trail: | for me to know and you to find... | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Durability | | Weaknesses: | Weight | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic, Scott, Answer | | Bike Setup: | Moots YBB with Moots stem | | Bottom Line: | The guy who went to negative rise sounds like an idiot--electrical tape?! Setup no problem for me except it did take some maneuvering into the Moots stem with the shims; no problems however since installation 2 years ago. Fairly heavy use with a few crashes. I certainly hope the quality and durability are to continue.
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Submitted by
Will
a
from Ft. Collins
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Strengths: | Good rise, very durable. Looks cool, rides well. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, very heavy. Very flexy too--which is nice sometimes but after 2 years having this bar on various bikes I wanted something stiff. The aluminum shims are kind of cheesy, they should have at least bonded an aluminum sleeve on there. | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic, syncros, titec, easton, bontrager. . . | | Bike Setup: | I had it on my santa cruz DH bike for a while then switched it to my custom steel XC hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | It's a resilient bar that flexes. I DH'd on it pretty hard for 2 years without doing any damage to it at all--even after crashing so hard the connective tissue in my abdomen was torn up (I don't recommend it). I weigh about 195, so it's not like it didn't see some real weight. Don't buy it if you don't want a bit of flex and a heavy bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dmx
a Downhiller
from Anchorage, AK
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | Drooper | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Super awesome looking. Feels great, won't break, I love it. Light, cool, and cool. | | Weaknesses: | --- | | Similar Products Used: | Hellbent, Bontrager System 2 | | Bottom Line: | Kicks serious butt. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Downhiller
from Woodside, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Totally sick bar. A little pricey, but lasts forever. Also, has an awesome look and seems indestructible. | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Titec Hellbent | | Bike Setup: | Y-11 with Stratos FR4 and XT everything | | Bottom Line: | Best bar ever. I absolutley love it and hope it lasts as long as my bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chris
a Downhiller
from South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Awesome! Also, helps absorb some of the big hits | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Hellbent, | | Bike Setup: | Trek y-11 | | Bottom Line: | Great handlebar, if you can find it! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pailliotet
a Cross-Country Rider
from santa cruz
Date Reviewed: June 25, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
all of s.cruz | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
discounted price | | Weaknesses: |
not only did one end rise a half inch more than the other , the center of the bar was off a quarter of an inch too ! The worst TI finish I eer saw! ORANGE PEEL! | | Similar Products Used: |
Titecs, Bontragers, Scotts..... | | Bike Setup: |
Fully ridged single speed
THE ONLY WAY TO FLY !! | | Bottom Line: | It must have been a defect what with the off bends and what not,quality control better shape up....ILOVE MY NEW HELLBENTS! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James
a Downhiller
from Utah
Date Reviewed: June 13, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Strong, stiff, Ti | | Weaknesses: |
heavy | | Similar Products Used: |
azonic double wall, koski, pro-taper | | Bike Setup: |
DBR V-6 custom FR | | Bottom Line: | I dont' know what everyone is whining about. (My bar, anyway) has no slippage at the stem. To that guy who said it was too long? You're crazy for buying a bar that you thought was too long. You should (not just him, everyone) know what you want before you buy, not modify what you buy after it's too late to return it. I like 'em. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
NoSanBa
a Racer
from Arizona
Date Reviewed: June 2, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Makes you a more confident rider | | Weaknesses: |
Way too heavy
Way too wide
Slips at the stem | | Similar Products Used: |
Easton Monkey Lite | | Bike Setup: |
Jamis Dakar Team
Marzocchi Z2 | | Bottom Line: | The rise is great, but I had to cut an inch of each end. Flexy. I had to wrap the point where the stem attaches with electrical tape because of slippage. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Voree Smith
a Cross-Country Rider
from Loma Linda, CA
Date Reviewed: May 2, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Serpentine/ Cavanaugh Loop in Biglake, WA | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Good width and rise | | Weaknesses: |
Not enough back sweep. Heavy. Flexy | | Similar Products Used: |
Answer DH AL bar-the heavy one
Raceface low riser | | Bike Setup: |
Kelly w'rockshox Judy XC 75mm and XT | | Bottom Line: | A fat heavy Ti bar (the 1 inch low rise version)that doesn't withstand crashes to well. After a big crash, it started bending down and after a while, it had a negative rise. I'm riding the Raceface Lowriser which I think is lighter, has a better sweep to it and slightly wider. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Cross-Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Surveyors Ridge, OR | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
great length and feel
great looks
affordable titanium | | Weaknesses: |
heavy | | Similar Products Used: |
club roost
titec
qranc
answer | | Bike Setup: |
infusion mxc pro
judy sl with englunds
strait xt group | | Bottom Line: | this bar is on the heavy side, but it looks really nice, and has a nice wide length. It comes with an aluminum collar, and I had a little trouble with slippage, but that is all taken care of now. The bottom line is the bar looks great, is super strong, and has all the benefits of a good riser bar set up. 4 stars, because 5 should be reserved for products with absolutely no weaknesses. | | Overall Rating: |
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