when is a handlebar not a handlebar?

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,665
edited May 2009 in MTB general
when it s a pig ugly expensive and not particularly light one:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=539

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  • Ooo £200
    I think they look quite sweet!

    I wonder how much of a bike could be completely made from ti now?
    Would cost a fortune!
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I have to say i do like the ti bars I tried, they were on an old skool trek and were flat, but absolutely lovely to ride.
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    I really like them to be honest :oops:

    But not at £200 though!!! :shock:
  • soy_sauce
    soy_sauce Posts: 987
    what??!!!! £200??!!!! what a bargain, i will exchange an arm (not mine), a leg (also not mine) and a baby chav (again, not mine) for it. :lol:
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  • if i had a ti bike (i do want one), i'd def have those bars just to be anal and a show off :D
  • Chaz.Harding
    Chaz.Harding Posts: 3,144
    Yeah, I really like the look of them

    But I really hate the price... :evil:

    £200!!! Are they having a laugh?? It's 3 tubes and 2 welds!!!

    Idiots :lol:
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  • ratty2k
    ratty2k Posts: 3,872
    Brant designed those.... Not my cup o tea TBH but lots cheaper than the only Ti bars I looked at (and then bought the cheaper ally copy.... :lol: )
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    So the 3-tube design is so they can use the exact amounts of material in each location that they want, to make it light but strong yet still having hte exact amount of flex and buzz reduction that they want. Seems a lot of effort, if only someone would invent some better material than metal for these things, perhaps using resin and some sort of carbon-derived fibres.
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  • NigelSWales
    NigelSWales Posts: 196
    Carbon nanotubes FTW :P
  • Prowlus
    Prowlus Posts: 539
    thats nothing compared to the combo stem and handlebars i've seen there
  • Captain Turok
    Captain Turok Posts: 686
    Wouldn't pay that if I had a matching Jones(?) swirly frame
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  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    amazing steering precision
    :lol:
    I wonder how inaccurate the curent cheaper bars are.
  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    You musn't forget the demi-god of all current hardtail frame design came up with those, so abviously they will sell in their hundreds just because they have his name attached!

    But they are gopping and seriously over priced.

    Just don;t bring it up on STW as you'll be prodded with a big stick if you dis one of his designs :lol:
  • ratty2k
    ratty2k Posts: 3,872
    Wouldn't pay that if I had a matching Jones(?) swirly frame

    Ahh, been looking at getting a Jones myself.... Need the exchange rate to improve first. But, back on track, if I do get a Jones, then I will be fitting a Jones bar- at $500 what that works out at now- £350 ish? :shock:
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  • M6TTF
    M6TTF Posts: 602
    i like the look, but they're too pricey, nearly a pound a gram LOL - they're not even particularly light.
  • myopic
    myopic Posts: 692
    Ugh!!, At first I couldn't understand the reference to 3 parts until I tried to scroll down the pic to see what the base was like :oops: - thought they were like BMX handlebars until I realised that the pics showed the whole thing.
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  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    They are so pig ugly I got Swine Flu looking at them
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  • GHill
    GHill Posts: 2,402
    M6TTF wrote:
    they're not even particularly light.

    About the same as the Easton Monkeylite DH, which I guess would be part of the competition. If you're in the market for a Ti handlebar for DH you know it's not going to be cheap...

    Does nothing for me though.