Ritchey WCS Carbon EvoCurve handlebars with SRAM Red 22 (2016) shifters?
05-09-24, 06:33 PM
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Ritchey WCS Carbon EvoCurve handlebars with SRAM Red 22 (2016) shifters?
I'm considering buying the Ritchey WCS Carbon EvoCurve handlebars for an upgrade to a bike with a SRAM Red 22 (2016) mechanical groupset. Has anyone here used these bars with those shifters? I'm interested to hear about shifter positioning and how well the shift and brake cables align with the cable routing on those bars. Any feedback much appreciated. Thank you.
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Ritchey WCS Skyline (alloy) handlebars
Just bumping this thread because I'm now looking at the Ritchey WCS Skyline bars. Has anyone had any experience with these or the Evocurve bars, good or bad? Thanks!
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The Ecocurve bars appear to be more oriented towards electronic shifting. The hole near the end of the bar wouldn't be useful for anything mechanical.
IMHO, there are two main items on a bicycle that interact most with the rider - saddle and handlebars. With all the different shapes, curves, widths, etc it's practically impossible to know what will be comfortable for you until you actually try them. What may be uncomfortable for you may seem ideal for someone else, so asking for an opinion on comfort/fit is really pretty much useless.
I have a collection of saddles and handlebars that I've tried and changed out for something different. I really wish there were a "try for 30 days, if you don't like it, return it for exchange/refund" program, but haven't found one yet, so I just consider them expensive experiments. Now and then I can sell one for about 1/4 what I paid for it, and I've donated a few to a bike co-op that fixes up bikes and sells them cheap to those in need. (If you see someone riding an older bike with a $300 Astute saddle, well....)
IMHO, there are two main items on a bicycle that interact most with the rider - saddle and handlebars. With all the different shapes, curves, widths, etc it's practically impossible to know what will be comfortable for you until you actually try them. What may be uncomfortable for you may seem ideal for someone else, so asking for an opinion on comfort/fit is really pretty much useless.
I have a collection of saddles and handlebars that I've tried and changed out for something different. I really wish there were a "try for 30 days, if you don't like it, return it for exchange/refund" program, but haven't found one yet, so I just consider them expensive experiments. Now and then I can sell one for about 1/4 what I paid for it, and I've donated a few to a bike co-op that fixes up bikes and sells them cheap to those in need. (If you see someone riding an older bike with a $300 Astute saddle, well....)
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The Ecocurve bars appear to be more oriented towards electronic shifting. The hole near the end of the bar wouldn't be useful for anything mechanical.
IMHO, there are two main items on a bicycle that interact most with the rider - saddle and handlebars. With all the different shapes, curves, widths, etc it's practically impossible to know what will be comfortable for you until you actually try them. What may be uncomfortable for you may seem ideal for someone else, so asking for an opinion on comfort/fit is really pretty much useless.
I have a collection of saddles and handlebars that I've tried and changed out for something different. I really wish there were a "try for 30 days, if you don't like it, return it for exchange/refund" program, but haven't found one yet, so I just consider them expensive experiments. Now and then I can sell one for about 1/4 what I paid for it, and I've donated a few to a bike co-op that fixes up bikes and sells them cheap to those in need. (If you see someone riding an older bike with a $300 Astute saddle, well....)
IMHO, there are two main items on a bicycle that interact most with the rider - saddle and handlebars. With all the different shapes, curves, widths, etc it's practically impossible to know what will be comfortable for you until you actually try them. What may be uncomfortable for you may seem ideal for someone else, so asking for an opinion on comfort/fit is really pretty much useless.
I have a collection of saddles and handlebars that I've tried and changed out for something different. I really wish there were a "try for 30 days, if you don't like it, return it for exchange/refund" program, but haven't found one yet, so I just consider them expensive experiments. Now and then I can sell one for about 1/4 what I paid for it, and I've donated a few to a bike co-op that fixes up bikes and sells them cheap to those in need. (If you see someone riding an older bike with a $300 Astute saddle, well....)
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