Handlebar Choice Help

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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    tbh, for the money, they are a bargain.

    same as or near as dammit as Superzero but a lot nicer to use and so, so much cooler. Also the stickers don't peel off like the Superzeros.

    The TDKBOMB of handlebars.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    but, as per above, they finish does scratch easily.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,047
    Finally did my first road bar change to the 38mm carbon Primavera yesterday morning and took bike for a shakedown after dinner tonight, amazed at how comfy it was with no tape fitted.
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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    only tape to the top of the hoods anyway as per piccies passim.
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ibr17xvii
    ibr17xvii Posts: 1,065
    edited May 2021

    Finally did my first road bar change to the 38mm carbon Primavera yesterday morning and took bike for a shakedown after dinner tonight, amazed at how comfy it was with no tape fitted.


    38cm is pretty narrow, why the change?
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,047
    ibr17xvii said:

    38cm is pretty narrow, why the change?

    It sounds narrow, but the Primavera is 38cm at the hoods and 40cm at the end of the drops, in comparison the alloy bar that came on my 58cm Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016 is 40/42cm respectively.

    It was only a 50-odd minute ride last night, but I didn't feel I was riding a narrower bar.

    I went 38cm because I was curious about trying a slightly narrower bar, which would further marginally improve the aero benefits, given the aero-brick 610mm frame stack with a 202mm headtube I'll take any reasonable way I can when my lower back isn't moaning! :D
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    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo