Cinelli Handlebars

Grill

I need new bars as mine aren't comfortable having way too much drop. I'm looking to go carbon to eliminate a bit of road buzz as well as ergo. The Cinelli bars look awesome but I'm a bit stuck between two models and wondered if anyone ahd any experience with them.

The Neo Morphe XL:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cinelli-neo-morphe-xl-carbon-road-handlebar/

The Ram XL:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cinelli-ram-xl-road-handlebar/

Anyone?

sungod

i've got the ram 2 integrated bars which are the same shape except around the stem area, they're excellent, very stiff, no buzz, comfy tops, and i like the vrc shape of the drops

Velonutter

I've got a pair of the Neo Morphe on one of my bikes and they are brilliant, personally wouldn't go the integrated as it's impossible to adjust the fit.

Brian B

I have had the Ram XL bars for over 5 years and they are very comfy and have distances up to 150miles at a time with no discomfort.

Grill

So it sounds like I can't lose either way. I've read that on the Ram XL some of the cable bends are close to 90 degrees, is this true on the Morphe as well?

sungod

the pic below shows the cable path for the ram bars, there're two entry holes to choose from

i like the straight-through path for the gear cable through the shifter body, this does give a tighter bend on the cable entry to the bars, but i'm using powercordz so it doesn't matter, but if you are using steel cables then the other path gives a gentler angle into the bars




as above, don't consider the integrated bars unless you *know* the reach and angle are correct, this takes some measuring and experiment with normal bars/stem beforehand

Grill

Just ordered the Neo Morphes. There wasn't anything in it between the two but I figured what's the harm of an extra hand position or two?