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Originally Posted by carleton
Real talk, you could probably buy a set of 34cm chromoly Nittos, have them professionally bent to 30cm, sandblasted, and re-chromed for less than $500 total. Maybe closer to $300.

Also, they aren’t that heavy but stiff as hell.
Yeah custom isn't really that hard to make happen. Plenty of carbon guys could chop up your handlebar of choice and re-purpose it at about any width you could imagine. A lot of guys did that with Sphinx bars back when the UCI cracked down on the reach on them (those bars are also notoriously flexy) chop them into 8-10 pieces and turn them into stiffer, more acceptable designed bars, some of the 3T aero road bars are other common candidates. Still though... it's sort of wish/wash with the rules if you care. Also you have to make sure your carbon man knows what he's doing (for every Len Lochmiller there are probably 20 guys just bodging things together) but that would be the same with welders as well.

Cheapest narrow option with normal'ish reach/drop (330x70x120) is the Worx bars at £99.99. A few places sell children's drop bars a little narrower (32 I think) but they are very shallow. 33 is still the "common" narrowest option, although I'd bet post Tokyo there are a number of options closer to 30.
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