Originally Posted by
jamesdak
No, alloy. Only spec I could find on Soma's had them over 300 grams. There are lots of vintage alloy bars more in the 220-240 gram range. So there's about 2 ozs. It's all silly but hey sometimes you have to feed the weight weenie monster, LOL!
Right. BUT you said you don't like the shape of your current bars, and since you said you like the Soma's compact bend, you're not going to find vintage 26.0 compact alloy bars. Which is why I said you're looking at vintage compact carbon. Suspect at best, hard to find at worst.