Skip to main content

Ritchey WCS Carbon Trail Rizer handlebar


RITCHEY HAVE ALWAYS made distinctive bars and their WCS Trail Rizer is true to form. Rather than bending from the centre, the Rizer sweeps back from the front edge.

This gives a relaxed wrist angle but less rearward weight displacement than a conventional bar. Typically for Ritchey there's a lot of upsweep at the outer ends, which twists your hand/wrist position and brings your elbows up. The high tips also leave it tall for a bar with a low central rise. This all means you may need to do a lot of twisting and tweaking to find a comfortable position - and some of our testers never did. If you like the shape though, it's a structurally stiff and purposeful-feeling bar with plenty of feedback and a competitively low weight considering you get reinforced metal tips.

Weight 204g
Width 740mm
Rise 15mm
Backsweep 9°
Upsweep 6°

PRICE 190$


Labels

Popular posts from this blog

ENVE M50 29" Wheels

Utah based company ENVE have been making drool-worthy carbon components for some years now. Despite the fact that carbon rims are becoming more and more common on mountain bikes these days, you can guarantee that ENVE wheels will be a talking point when someone is eyeing off a steed. Instantly, the big bold logos on each rim scream "fast", "light" and to some extent, "expensive" The kids call this 'bling'.

READ MORE >>

Merida Big Seven 100

We've rolled up to our local woods, with a meandering blue trail, some natural wooded tracks and a bit of fire road chucked into the mix to see how the Big Seven 100 tackles trails that entry-level riders are likely to cut their teeth on.

READ MORE >>

Scott Scale 950

The Scale 950 uses the now traditional-for-cross-country 29er wheels to excellent effect, with a fast but fun character that's happy racing or railing.

READ MORE >>

COMMENCAL EL CAMINO 3

Commencal are going from strength to strength at the moment and they’ve taken their tough trail hardtail bang up to date with 650b wheels. With its skinny rims, crankset and fork, the El Camino certainly isn’t perfect and it’s the least hardcore bike here. The handling, smoothness, speed and all-round agility of the basic bike still make it a real blast for technical trail riding though, and it’s a great base for upgrading over time.

READ MORE >>

CUBE REACTION GTC PRO 27.5

Cube have kept their strong 29er race hardtail range for 2014 but added four new bikes with 650b wheels. The Reaction GTC Pro 27.5 is the second-tier carbon model.

READ MORE >>