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$ 30.00
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Description:Made from 4130 Cro-moly steel with welded crossbar and offers superior strength for the rigors of pro downhill competition
Unique grip section profile slopes slightly upward and back so actual rise is determined by hand position
40-58mm rise depending on hand position
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Submitted by
Anthony L
a Weekend Warrior
from Halifax, NS, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 16, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | wrandees, Bowl (for the street riding) | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Cyclesmith | | Strengths: | Tough, looks, price | | Weaknesses: | Comes stock 28 inches wide, but i ended up shaving off a few inches | | Similar Products Used: | - Answer Gold Protaper
- Kona DH bar & Primo
- Ameba DH bars
| | Bike Setup: | Banshee Scratch fully ridgid, Kona DJ ridgid fork,24 inch Atomic Atomlab Trailpimps rims laced with XT Hubs, Wrapped with Kenda Krad 2.3 tires, Seshin Proto-type 3 piece BMX Crankset, E13 Bashguard, Kona Jack Sh!t pedals, Bontrager Crow Bar, Kona Klump 50mm stem. | | Bottom Line: | Good handlebar for your Freeride, Downhilling, street needs
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Submitted by
jake
a Weekend Warrior
from endicott ny
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2004 | | Favoriate Trail: | anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | teds bike shop | | Strengths: | strong. no flex. good bend. light. good color | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | fist one | | Bike Setup: | mostly stock | | Bottom Line: | good for cross country riding at the trails around my house.
So far I would buy another pair.
Four chillis for the money spent
Four chillis for the weight. (could be a little lighter)
i would recomend them for cross coutry or for just an up grade too. (you must ride fast or be last) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Phil
a Downhiller
from Seattle, WA
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | Cheap, Strong, Looks good, Chromo, Wide | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Raceface, Titec, Powertools, Azonic | | Bike Setup: | '02 Bullit/Avy, '99 Monster, M4 | | Bottom Line: | Amazing bars for the price. I needed to replace some old RFs and these were the cheapest I could find that looked strong. No problems after a season of racing and Whistler. Chromo will bend before it snaps so you won't be eating your stem. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
LunchBox
a Downhiller
from TEXAS
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | shoppe | | Strengths: | Light for DH, accurate, no flex, and have you tards noticed that this bar acts like the $150 Mg stems, as far as cutting out the high frequency vibes? I've run this beaut for almost 2 years...I SHOULD replace it...but it hasn't given me a reason too...fatigue...it's there somewhere. | | Weaknesses: | *they aren't free | | Similar Products Used: | Titec HellBent, Specialized 2" Riser | | Bike Setup: | it's on a 3rd bike now... | | Bottom Line: | the d@mn thing is like 40 bucks, indestructible, and peeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrty. I love this stupid bar...and my next bar will be the same. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim Werbein
a
from Vancouer, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Gold | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Shat Dog | | Strengths: | Wide.
Crossbar.
Stiff.
Pretty strong I guess. | | Weaknesses: | Sometimes a little too wide.
Heavy.
Bent. | | Similar Products Used: | Lots | | Bottom Line: | A decent bar, I bent mine in a moderate crash after 3 months... I won't buy another pair though. These failed miserably IMO.
Bent the bar about an inch down, inch and a half inward, also cracked the weld holding the crossbrace on.
Not a super durable bar. But decent all the same.
4 for value, it was cheap.
2 overall, because it bent. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shane
a Cross Country Rider
from Cortland NY
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | just moved here | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Bikesource.com | | Strengths: | Great Price, very strong, great bend. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | This is my first riser bar, I needed one long ago. | | Bike Setup: | Mongoose A50r, mostly stock. | | Bottom Line: | I needed a riser bar bad. I felt like I was leaning way too far over the front hub. These bars have changed the whole geometry of my bike and made HUGE improvements. I'm an old BMXer and these bars put you more upright in the saddle. Makes downhills feel way more stable even with cheap RST 281 forks, and uphills climbs have NOT been effected in any negative way. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Luke
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from Vermont
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | Circumcision Highway | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Earl's Cyclery | | Strengths: | - Very strong, cross brace makes it very stiff
- Not so wide that my bars hit trees on switchbacks
- Cheap in price | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | Planet X Goliath
| | Bike Setup: | Snipes 7mm set up for urban/freeride | | Bottom Line: | This is a surprisingly strong and functional product from Bontrager...I took a gamble buying a DH product from them but it has turned out to be awesome...totally strong, stiff, and not overkill like the Planet X bars. What else can I say, for $30 retail you get a much cheaper version of some of the other hyped-up superstrong riser bars on the market. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cailan Libby
a Downhiller
from Golden,B.C.,Canada
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | b12 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | local bike shop | | Strengths: | Everything, really strong, look awesome, cheaper than most high end bars and works better | | Weaknesses: | None, absolutely nothing | | Similar Products Used: | answer, monkey lite | | Bike Setup: | Dh rig | | Bottom Line: | These are sweet bars, Look awesome, work awesome, just an awesome bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
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from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Cambria, even though their service is crappy and hopeless | | Strengths: | Strong, nice finish, welded crossbar, strong, stiff, confidence inspiring
Plus, cromo bends before it breaks, so no unexpected chest punctures from the tattered remains of your aluminum bar at the bottom of that big drop | | Weaknesses: | "Waaaah, it's heavy, waaaah"
ha! | | Similar Products Used: | Azonic double wall, Club roost riser, Titec ringleader, raceface air alloy, bontrager race modified | | Bike Setup: | one trials, one slalom | | Bottom Line: | I really like this bar. It's hard to overstate how much. Take that flimsy alloy bar of yours, put your hands on the ends, and put all your weight on it. Then bounce up and down. Feel that? That's your bar wanking around about a half an inch or more. I don't know about you, but I don't like that.
Even with a rigid cromoly fork, I cannot get this thing to flex. The geometry is perfect for me, and is definitely unique among the bars I've tried. Big, wide, and precise.
My favorite bar.
IT'S THIRTY DOLLARS! Why don't you own one yet?! In this day of radically overpriced components, do something to support the guys who offer us quality at a decent price! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
martin l.
a Weekend Warrior
from quebec (canada)
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2002 | | Favoriate Trail: | freeride | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | gagne velo ski | | Strengths: | very strong
very long
it's cromo
good look | | Weaknesses: | nothing | | Similar Products Used: | azonic | | Bike Setup: | planet x bommer frame, xt cranks, fishbone pedals, bomber fork, dh stem, axiom bashguard, lx derailleur, dh tires, lx v-brakes and avid levers (will be upgraded by discs soon)
all good stuff for extreme freeriding | | Bottom Line: | Good stuff for those who whant a bar that is very solid and long enaugh for trials or freeriding.
I suggest this bar to anyone and for only 50$ can. get it now. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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