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Last week I discovered my gf's bars have been ovalised by an over-tightened stem, this week I've just found a slight bulge further along the bar, accompanied by a slight flat spot underneath.
Bike has a black Thomson stem and Lapierre bars, said gf wants the replacement bars to also be shiny black to match the stem 🙄
Looking at the pics on Evans cycles, they all appear to be matt black but the pics might be deceiving.
My budget is up to £50ish, although she may decide thats too much so cheaper options as well please 🙂
I've got an FSA XC190 handlebar the same as the ones in the link I've just replaced with some wider Haven carbon bars.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/fsa-xc-190-lx-riser-mtb-handlebar/
They are 680mm width and a shiny black finish - they were used for about 8 months and are in good condition.
Yours for £35 posted
Thanks neninja...funnily enough I was just looking at the same ones on CRC at £66 and thinking 'no chance' at that price.
I will let her decide when she gets in, (will be 9pm ish) she is going to Evans anyway to get me a tyre and take back a Dakine bag with an incontinence issue so she might might find something.
I have a 680mm OS Lapierre low-riser bar that I took off my old Zesty.
Never ridden, but has a couple of marks from where controls were fitted - which would probably be concealed by controls - obviously.
Yours for £15 posted, pics available. Email in profile.
🙂
[url= http://www.freeflowbikes.com/nuke-proof-warhead-riser-handle-bar-2011.html?___store=default ]Shiney[/url] but not entirely black but v v nice
mike...now if they were shiney red... 🙂
chaka, thanks, will also let you know. Sounds good as she likes the bike setup as it is. I'm thinking the bars must be quite thin-walled as when I re-attached them you can't really feel the stem bolts start to tighten up like you do with most, and the bulge...well, she's never crashed heavily on them. I take it the stem area doesn't feel oval when you spin them?
thanks
edit: just seen you've said never ridden so I guess they shouldn't have been overtightened by the shop.
Ritchey 'wet' finish. No idea on rises or widths (or prices) but very shiney!
Thanks Davey, surprisingly they are within budget, £40 at Merlin 🙂
I was expecting some pokey fun at colour co-ordination but its actually been quite successful 🙂
+1 for the Ritchey,very comfortable.
New bars now purchased, thanks to those who offered to sell theirs.