Finishing kit recommendations

petemadoc

Seatpost, bars and stem all alloy and need to be reasonable value

Would like the bars and stem to match, possibly seatpost too. There's some cracking deals on Planet X such as

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/HB3 ... -handlebar

Too good to be true? What am I missing?

This looks ok too bit seem a bit heavier

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/HBF ... -handlebar

Can you fit clip on aero bars to most of these flat top (aero) style bars.

The other option is the Cinelli Vai range but I think I might be getting sucked in by the Italianess of it all, especially the white ones. . . . .

explosifpete

first ones are out of stock/discontinued
I don't think you can clamp tri bars on flat top bars (but i could be wrong)

You need to find some you like the shape of really and also get the right width

GoingCarbon

PeteMadoc wrote:

Seatpost, bars and stem all alloy and need to be reasonable value

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/HBF ... -handlebar

My recently finished FM028 has the above bars, only ridden twice but I like them. And I have no issues (so far) with my FSA seatpost and FSA brakes/crank

petemadoc

explosifpete wrote:

first ones are out of stock/discontinued
I don't think you can clamp tri bars on flat top bars (but i could be wrong)

You need to find some you like the shape of really and also get the right width

Ha ha, out of stock, that could be a problem.

40cm width I need. Unsure of reach and drop required. I noticed that ritchey stuff has varying drops based on the width selected which seems to make sense.

kfinlay

Deda is good value from Ribble
Zero 100 stem, RHM02 bars and post for around £65 all in white too if you want!

I may be selling 42cm (205g only!) Deda Newton Bars and 100mm Deda Newton stem as I bought them for a project but don't think it will work out. Just in case they may help with your budget, drop me a pm if interested

mike ives

What about something from the Ritchey - Competition, Pro or WCS ranges? Good value for money.

explosifpete

=1 for deda

JRooke

Completed a build today for a friend with these 2, matching and nice and cheap

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop ... AD-300.htm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 191wt_1068