Bikepacking.net forums > Forums > Question and Answer > Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL!
  Pages: [1]
Reply Reply New Topic New Poll
  Topic Name: Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL! on: February 03, 2011, 08:55:30 AM
nameless


Posts: 4


View Profile
« on: February 03, 2011, 08:55:30 AM »
I'm not looking for model/shape/size suggestions here--just advice on the metal a handlebar is made from.

If you were riding a rigid mountain bike, loaded with a handlebar bag, framepack and rear panniers, day after day after day, and could choose between handlebars:

a) aluminum
b) steel
c) titanium

which material would you choose? (all other things being equal: shape, size, weight and price)

Thanks.
Logged

  Topic Name: Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL! Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 09:20:58 AM
boddunn


Location: Kirby Muxloe, England
Posts: 86


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 09:20:58 AM »
Steve Potts just made some titanium ones
http://stevepottsbicycles.blogspot.com/
Logged

  Topic Name: Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL! Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 05:57:29 PM
wdlandparker


Location: Woodland Park, CO
Posts: 104


View Profile WWW
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 05:57:29 PM »
Titanium for sure, has the best vibration damping vs. weight and all that.
Logged
"what now ma nature, what now hahaha?!?!"
(cue hailstorm)

  Topic Name: Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL! Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, 01:16:05 PM
DesertDog

Explore and Enjoy!


Location: Vegas, Baby!
Posts: 121


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, 01:16:05 PM »


Easton EC90 carbon bars for me.

Been standard upgrade equipment on all my bikes since the turn of the century.
Logged

  Topic Name: Help me pick a handlebar MATERIAL! Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 08:56:39 PM
Aslan

Simple, reliable, light


Location: Chico, CA
Posts: 74


View Profile
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 08:56:39 PM »
Titanium.  Durability, weight, damping and no risk of catastrophic failure.  Cost sucks, but so does carbon.
Logged
  Pages: [1]
Reply New Topic New Poll
Jump to: