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crispy1980
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Basically in after a set of wider bats and a shorter stem to try out on my spesh xc. Are they any big differences between bar makes at the lower end of the price range ? I'm prob after st least 680 mm and between 70 and 90 stem
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try answer protaper am bars have the dh one and its great and chain reaction have them on sale0
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The cheaper end of the market pre discount tend to be a little heavier and less stiff than the pricey competition, but it's not always noticeable,
find yourself a chair with arms and sit with relaxed arms, get othr half or friend to measure the width of your hands to give you a rough starting point,
Check out the usual suspects for last year's or '10's bargains, you can often get bothbars and stem for what you would have paid for just the bars!Timmo.
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I find the heavier ones to be stiffer as use thicker gauge tubing.0
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Which bars did you use on your xc pro?0
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They are Kalloy, 660mm - just OE stuff found on many bikes.
How much do you want to spend? Are you heavy or particularly hard on parts?0 -
Spend wise as little as possible as if I don't like the set up I can change it easy enough can't decide what length of stem to get? I'm. 13 stone so nit too heavy0
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What Is the on one stuff generally like? They have a supposed sale at the moment and there stems seem to get good reviews0
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On-one stems are good, same generic forged stem as the cheapest Superstar and others sell, I have had a bout 6 stems which were all the same metalwork under the paint/logo's, they are light and strong and reliable.
Why not buy used? even a good quality nearly new one will be a lot cheaper and if you sell it on you're only out the P&P!
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im keeping a look out on ebay at the mo, nothing wrong with buying used.0
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The Beginner wrote:On-one stems are good, same generic forged stem as the cheapest Superstar and others sell, I have had a bout 6 stems which were all the same metalwork under the paint/logo's, they are light and strong and reliable.
Why not buy used? even a good quality nearly new one will be a lot cheaper and if you sell it on you're only out the P&P!
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Actually, think you'll find that one is mine.0 -
I've got these two bars on eBay at the minute...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251196813526? ... 1586.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251196810128? ... 1586.l2649
FUNN bar is 715mm and the specialized is 640mm.Specialized Roubaix
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I'm watching the funn bars at the moment! Spesh are what I have already0
