Carbon Fibre Bars

egor
egor Posts: 62
edited October 2007 in MTB buying advice
has anyone tried carbn fibre handle bars? ive read the reveiws but the couple of people ive spoken to have said that the benefit is minimal, anyone any experience? was thinking of getting some, thanks

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  • Dr_Death
    Dr_Death Posts: 1,262
    Depends what you mean by benefit....


    They are lighter, they reduce trail buzz (a bit).

    As I say depends what benefit you're after.....
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  • djdime
    djdime Posts: 48
    ive just bought a set of easton CNT monkeylite bars - will let you know what they are like. they are light as a feather i know that much
  • egor
    egor Posts: 62
    id heard they help a bit with the 'trail buzz' but wondered wehther that was true or just the saleman trying to get me to part with my money, but also wondered if it was worth parting with £50 and apart form weight, was there any other benefits.
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    Just bought some RF Deus bars and stem from Chain Reaction for £60 together.Nearly as light as some carbon bars (210g),less problems with stems,and much cheaper to boot.

    I have carbon bars,on my road bike though.They do help filter some of the buzz out from the road,but some decent grips would make a bigger difference.
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  • cjw
    cjw Posts: 1,889
    The Spiderman wrote:
    Just bought some RF Deus bars and stem from Chain Reaction for £60 together.Nearly as light as some carbon bars (210g),less problems with stems,and much cheaper to boot.

    I have carbon bars,on my road bike though.They do help filter some of the buzz out from the road,but some decent grips would make a bigger difference.

    Or gloves! But carbon does help filter out buzz and other knocks and bumps. On my hardtail it can feel (a little bit) like a full suss as long as the drops aren't too big.
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  • Schellpel
    Schellpel Posts: 119
    It's al relative and depends what your changing from.

    I had an os truvantiv team riser bar which came with my bike and it was as WMB said wrist jarringly stiff. Swapped it for a truvantive os carbon riser and the difference is quite noticeable, just by pushing down hard on the bars whilst statiionary there is flex where there was none with the old bar. Out on the trail over gravel and stuff it feels like I have dropped the tyre pressure by 5psi. And there seems to be no difference in steering accuracy.

    If your coming from a more flexible alloy bar you probably wont notice much difference. My new bar cost £50 off CRC and alghough it is not as light as the easton stuff it had the benefit's I wanted.
  • djdime
    djdime Posts: 48
    read this about the CNT technology - it compares its strength to other materials - may just be a marketing ploy - who knows

    http://www.eastonbike.com/PRODUCTS/TECH ... h_cnt.html
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Clearly won't be biased..
  • djdime
    djdime Posts: 48
    :roll:

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