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Bike Magazine reviews the Bontrager XXX Lite Carbon Riser handlebar

Handlebar reviews are hard things to write. Typically the only meaningful comments that a reviewer can commit to paper relate to the bar’s off-the-bike performance: Does it look good? How much does it weigh? Stuff like that. On the bike you can ask the obvious questions: Did it break during riding? How quickly did it get marked up? But, honestly, that’s about it.

Keeping that in mind, Bike Magazine has a brief review of the Bontrager XXX Lite Carbon Riser bar. In the most interesting part of the review, author Vernon Felton brings up some good points about the 25.6mm versus 31.8mm ‘debate’. Check it out, it’s good food for thought and could help you reconsider when thinking about ‘upgrading’ your bar and stem.

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