To be honest, I haven’t ridden them in a while. I put them on my gravel bike and rode the bike on asphalt only for quite a while. I don’t find them flexy or uncomfortable as I’m a smaller rider. When I was getting ready to ride gravel I emailed the company and they said they wouldn’t recommend these for gravel so I took them off and haven’t put them back on. The only negative I would say is that I would use a standard top cap as theirs looks to be 3D printed and would break easier than and standard one. I big deal really. I rode it with their top cap without issue, but next time I will use a standard cap. Hope this helps.
That's what I have heard, but is that such a bad thing depending on use? Not sure. I am going to be putting it on my gravel bike in the next couple of weeks. In that scenario flexible could be comfortable. We shall see.
@@stanzapalny2123 Well, I put them on the gravel bike today and did a 35 miler with them on the road. I had Specialized Alpinist integrated bars (42cm and 251 grams) on it before and swapped to this 38mm. I like how narrow these are and I could honestly not tell any discernible flex difference at all. I tried sprinting in the drops and the hoods, no difference to me whatsoever. Granted, I am a lighter rider, but I think the concerns with these bars to the public could be the same problem with lots of cycling things. People that "hear" things or read "concerns" criticize products openly without ever actually trying them themselves. There are a lot of armchair product experts out there who have never put a hand on the things they criticize. Hope this helps. They aren't coming any time soon.
So far so good. I actually haven't ridden them on gravel yet, but have used the climbing and for fast group rides and I can tell no difference from the Alpinist bar. I really like the flat(er) tops on these.
Gear unboxing! Interesting, nice transitions. Riveting music too.
This is a nice looking set of bars! The weight is *very impressive!
#RobbArmstrong
Has anyone had any issue with shipping? I’ve been waiting for almost a month and fedex tracker they gave me is wrong.
Any long term thoughts now that it’s been a few months? I’m considering getting them
To be honest, I haven’t ridden them in a while. I put them on my gravel bike and rode the bike on asphalt only for quite a while. I don’t find them flexy or uncomfortable as I’m a smaller rider. When I was getting ready to ride gravel I emailed the company and they said they wouldn’t recommend these for gravel so I took them off and haven’t put them back on. The only negative I would say is that I would use a standard top cap as theirs looks to be 3D printed and would break easier than and standard one. I big deal really. I rode it with their top cap without issue, but next time I will use a standard cap. Hope this helps.
Have you already installed it on Aethos?
waht is the height od the stem at the fork ?
Supposedly it feels super soft and flexy
That's what I have heard, but is that such a bad thing depending on use? Not sure. I am going to be putting it on my gravel bike in the next couple of weeks. In that scenario flexible could be comfortable. We shall see.
@@cat4garage Agreed, for casual gravel use it might work fine.
@@stanzapalny2123 Well, I put them on the gravel bike today and did a 35 miler with them on the road. I had Specialized Alpinist integrated bars (42cm and 251 grams) on it before and swapped to this 38mm. I like how narrow these are and I could honestly not tell any discernible flex difference at all. I tried sprinting in the drops and the hoods, no difference to me whatsoever. Granted, I am a lighter rider, but I think the concerns with these bars to the public could be the same problem with lots of cycling things. People that "hear" things or read "concerns" criticize products openly without ever actually trying them themselves. There are a lot of armchair product experts out there who have never put a hand on the things they criticize. Hope this helps. They aren't coming any time soon.
where did you bought it? thanks
Actually bought them off Ebay from a guy who purchased them and didn't use them on his build. I got lucky.
Just get it off panda podium
How are they holding up?
So far so good. I actually haven't ridden them on gravel yet, but have used the climbing and for fast group rides and I can tell no difference from the Alpinist bar. I really like the flat(er) tops on these.
@@cat4garage appreciate the feedback sir!