when is a handlebar not a handlebar?

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when it s a pig ugly expensive and not particularly light one:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=539
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=539
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sheepsteeth wrote:when it s a pig ugly expensive and not particularly light one:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/News.aspx?NewsID=539
I'll take 2, only £199 each! :shock:Orange 2010 P7 - Custom Build - My New Bikey Poos
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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!0 -
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.0
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I really like them to be honest :oops:
But not at £200 though!!! :shock:0 -
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."It is not impossible, its just improbable"
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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 off0
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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!!!
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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.Uncompromising extremist0
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Carbon nanotubes FTW :P0
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thats nothing compared to the combo stem and handlebars i've seen thereSpecialized Camber
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/10715065/
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Wouldn't pay that if I had a matching Jones(?) swirly frame*Rock Lobster Team Tig SL (22lb 14oz)
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amazing steering precision
I wonder how inaccurate the curent cheaper bars are.0 -
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 designs0 -
Captain Turok wrote: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:0 -
i like the look, but they're too pricey, nearly a pound a gram LOL - they're not even particularly light.0
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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.You don't need eyes to see, you need vision0
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They are so pig ugly I got Swine Flu looking at themFig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0