best carbon bars / light & stiff stem combo ?

GregC
GregC Posts: 65
edited October 2009 in Road buying advice
I'm upgrading my Merlin XL and want to change my old bars and stem . Pro and FSA seem to be very popular currently .I want to keep weight to a minimum any thoughts ?

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  • brownbosh
    brownbosh Posts: 602
    I have pro xlt bar and stems on two bikes. And a pro vibe mono carbon stem /xlt bar combo on another. Im a big strong rider and have givn it al a bit of welly in the last racing season no issues. Excellent products. Also have pro vibe mono carbon seatposts in 4 out of 5 bikes too. Its the first company i look to for smaller bolt on parts. 8,500 miles so far this year and none of their kit looks warn.
  • pianoman
    pianoman Posts: 706
    My Deda bars and stem are both "alloy carbon fibre wrapped" so they're good for BLING but they're NOT full carbon. But they DO look good :D

    Then again, there's other places where weight reductions will be of more value. Why not just buy Conti Supersonic inner tubes and super light tyres, e.g. Ultremos or Conti Supersonic tyres?
  • GregC
    GregC Posts: 65
    I've Kysiriums and Contis ,Dura Ace groupset ,SLR saddle and Carbon USE seat post ,so that's all pretty much sorted ,I just want to upgrade the front end .
    Although I am going to change to some new Keo 's next week .
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Alloy bars often weigh less than their carbon equivalents. Bars are basically consumables - can't see the point in paying for carbon really.

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