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Submitted by
Patrick
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | A shop in Singapore | | Strengths: | Cool looking, light and comfortable feel | | Weaknesses: | Too short | | Similar Products Used: | Easton EA70 Flatbars, Azonic flatbar | | Bike Setup: | Peugeot Absolute, XT gear system and hubs, Avid SD7 brake set, Mavic rims with XT hubs etc | | Bottom Line: | Bought the bars because it looked cool in the store. Set it on the bike, and it's great. However, it would be better if it's 2 cm longer.
I'm not heavy, so I cannot really feel much flex onthe bars.
Get 4 chillies from me. Less 1 chilly for being a tad too short.
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Submitted by
Brian McKie
a Weekend Warrior
from Stranraer ,Scotland
Date Reviewed: March 22, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | Carrick Cycles | | Strengths: | Its made of titanium(allegedly).Light,strong(alledgedly). | | Weaknesses: | Not long enough.At best mediocre quality with poor graphics. | | Similar Products Used: | Yeti,Renthal,Answer,Orange | | Bike Setup: | XC Hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | For the money involved in buying this kind of bar I`d look elsewhere.There are far better products out there worthy of your hard earned cash.I hate to say this but its British and that means it pretends to be good, which sadly, rarely is the case. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jimmy Riddle
a Weekend Warrior
from norfolk,england
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2000 | | Favoriate Trail: | n e where | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | bike 2000 stand | | Strengths: | comfortable
looks quite good | | Weaknesses: | flexes | | Similar Products Used: | answer pro taper | | Bike Setup: | gt zaskar le,full xt,z1 dropoff too much to list | | Bottom Line: | these bars are quite comfortable,but beware:they flex a lot
think before you buy these | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Emil
a Racer
from Denmark
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Extremely comfortable - I have a fixed fork. Excellent feel. | | Weaknesses: | Comfort=flex, which can be a pain during acceleration or climbing. | | Similar Products Used: | Marin Lite, Ritchey | | Bike Setup: | Marin Eldrige grade (Cro-Mo), XT running gear, X-Lite parts. | | Bottom Line: | Combined with my X-Lite stem (L168, the juicy drilled one!) this bar transformed the feel of my bike. I swear it is possible to feel exactly what is happening between the tyre and asphalt. LOVE IT!
Mine hasn't dented, and top marks to the X-Lite stem which I use: It has a sleeve to even out the stress in the clamp.
PLUS: All the annoying high frequency, low amplitude vibrations are filtered out. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Antonio Gomes
a Weekend Warrior
from Portugal
Date Reviewed: July 15, 1999 | | Favoriate Trail: |
Monsanto | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Weight, confort | | Weaknesses: |
durability | | Similar Products Used: |
Titec 118 / Titec 150 / Answer Hyperlite / Scott carbon | | Bike Setup: |
Team Marin / Girvin Elite | | Bottom Line: | The bar is fine while it last. After 6 months of use it is ready to go to the trash. The problem: The bar is dented in the middle near the stem.
Bottom Line: i sent the bar to England ( X-Lite ) and they daid that the problem was ue to overtight of the bar. That is impossible because i never had these kind of problems with other bars. Dave ( from X-Lite ) was a great guy and tried to help me, but a free replacement was impossible because the damage is not covered by the warranty. Be carefull with this bar. Buy it knowing that you can have problems as i did, and X-Lite is more interested in sell than help their clients. Last time i buy X-Lite products. I have now Titec 150 that is great, and Titec have a good policy in what concerns warranties. | | Overall Rating: |
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