Are Carbon bars worth the ££?

[Jurassic pusher]

No Ti fans?

I`ve never tried Ti bars I would imagine they are very nice, I see Thompson ones are reasonable pricewise, not sure if Jones still sell Ti loops but last time I looked they made Carbon look a bargain!
Could be worth looking into.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I've got 'Seven' Ti bars on my Stooge and very nice they are. Not bendy or noodly but very comfy. However, I feel that some of that might also be because they're a very untrendy 25.4mm. I personally believe bar diameter makes a real difference to comfort. Obviously increasing diameter will nearly always increase rigidity.

[ScotRoutes]

Ooh damn



I really shouldn't google "titanium handlebars" before breakfast

[sean_iow]

not sure if Jones still sell Ti loops but last time I looked they made Carbon look a bargain!

The ti loops are still on the Jones website. They're a strange bar though, more expensive than the carbon but heavier than the butted ally version. So is that the worst of both worlds? The website lists them as 570g* so with that much ti in them not sure how comfy they'd be?

Just looked up the Thomson ti flat bar, at 740mm wide, 12 deg sweep they weight 310g so perhaps ti bars aren't as light as I thought they would be?

*My large ti Salsa frame was 1850g on my scales so that's not much over the weight of 3 ti loops for comparison. And the frame has some large/thick plate and tube sections at the bb and rear dropouts.

[Mart]

I work as a lead engineer in NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) for a fairly well known car manufacturer, I'm really tempted to take an objective measure of carbon versus ally handle bars for curiositys sake. Vibration comfort is basically my day job! Any particular bars people are interested in?

Jones Loops, Al vs Carbon

I’ve had both - The carbons are so good at reducing vibration
Fecking expensive mind but never regretted getting then