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Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

CHEAP AND CARBON are two words you rarely want to hear used together, but we've had no issues with this carbon bar from direct-sale specialists Superstar.

At 780mm wide, it's both downhill and trail bike friendly, while cut marks mean it can easily be reduced all the way down to 700mm. Our test bar tipped the scales at just 253g uncut, making it only slightly heavier than bars costing more than twice as much. The eight degrees of backsweep place your weight a little further back than some more aggressively designed bars, but the familiar five-degree upsweep figure means it doesn't feel too different. On the trail it's stiff without being brutally so.

PRICE 105$

Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

Superstar Lithium Carbon handlebar

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