I'm coming from an aluminum ergo bend handlebar with a 150mm drop.
for the new AR, i'm looking for a flat-top/aero-top handlebar with internal cable routing. i wanted a traditional bend, deep drop, but can't find any.
So i'm looking on eBay and i find this knockoff of the ControlTech carbon bars. can't tell if they have internal routing, but they have the same drop as my current bars. They look a bit too bulgy for me, like they'd go better with a pinarello or something. but they're 40 bucks.
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here's what i believe they are a knock-off of. they do have routing.
what puzzles me about those is the extra "ergo bump" at the bottom of the bar. i hate how it looks.
I was also looking at the FSA K-Wing Compact. 125mm drop, which is kind of a big change. I'm wondering if i could just take out an extra spacer to compensate if i don't like it. on eBay i could get the bar and stem for $355 shipped.
any opinions?
i don't mean to start a debate about no-name ebay carbon. it's more about the bar shape.
...even if the huge price disparity is hard to ignore.
(edit - i just realized that this should probably have gone into the Equipment subforum. my bad.)