Stiff&light handle bars

Aah the old 'I would have sprinted faster but my handlebars were too bendy' routine.... :-)

Griepel rides carbon-fibre Deda M35 bars - that should be good enough for you.

Zero100 aren't actually that stiff according to reviews. I have a pair and although I can't complain, I am no gorilla.

"Inevitably, stiffness has been sacrificed during the diet. The Zero 100 felt flexible when cornering or hauling on the drops, and had a low score for stiffness in the lab."

I think reviewers have to say something. I cant imagine a bar flexing when cornering ??

More like they did the lab tests, saw the 'results' and that's tainting their perception.

I've never noticed a floppy handle bar ever.

The stiffest bars will be the ones with the biggest section, so the Deda 35 should be the stiffest, no contest. Weight is pretty much the same... the lightest bars on the market will be 200 grams, the heaviest just over 300, peanuts

852Kompol wrote:

Yes I know, Light-Stiff-Cheap Pick 2,

I recently noticed(perhaps after my core training) the bars are not that stiff for me to go all out Sprint.

in the drops there are some flex and does have some flex when I yank on them...

My current bars aren't that bad to begin with (Engage Apsis Ergo bars)

but is there any options that are better?
Had anyone try these before and know if they are any good?
https://www.haero-carbon.com/shop/lenke ... er-h380-tr

TIA

I'm not sure I understand the question. The flex was only recently noticed. Had it not been there before or had you not sprinted hard until then?

Your current bars are jolly good and should be up to all sorts of sprinting abuse. You may find lighter ones, but wouldn't notice the difference and you may find stiffer ones but would be hard pressed to notice the difference.

Things do flex and flexing is fine. Your body moves around quite a lot when you cycle, particularly in a hard sprint.

Are you suggesting (it seems you are) that a little core work might have beefed you up so much that you are now bending handlebars which had previously resisted your lateral input?

It is just a bicycle (albeit probably a very lovely one) and you are just a cyclist.

There may be better or stiffer bars out there, but it sounds as if your current set-up is fine. Don't read too much into articles in the press. They are written by people whose salaries are dependent on advertising promoting the next best, stiffest, lightest, fastest thing. Sometimes it turns out to be a bottle of snake oil.