Budget build, and the classifieds don't seem to be overflowing with short stems and wide bars.
So -- are Planet X / One One's "El Guapo" handlebars and stems OK, or a waste of time?
Any alternatives out there for reasonably priced finishing kit?
I have both on my Parkwood, perfectly fine.
We have the stems with their carbon knuckleball bars. Do what they are supposed to do
I have the bars, they're fine
It's the usual taiwanese OEM component quality. So it's fine.
I swapped the bars for knuckleballs as the alloy bars were borderline 'very heavy' for bars, and the kuckleballs are borderline 'very light' (no idea how on one do them for £30 in the frequent sales). The stem is stiff enough and does everything else it's supposed to obviously.
Also have Outlaw stem and Chewy Knuckleball, very happy with quality/price and I’m still alive.
I just ordered and received a 50mm El Guapo stem for my daughter's bike - for £8 it's pretty light and we'll made.
Corto stem is fine, I simply chose to swap it's 35mm length for a 110mm Specialized 17 degree last November.
Sounds pretty positive all round then!
Thanks everyone 🙂
I’ve got the el guapo saloon bars on my Aeris - I prefer the shape of them to the raceface bars it came with.
I can’t remember if I got one of their stems or a brand x one in the end on my Kona hardtail. Either way that’s fine too and was around a tenner for a 50 or 60mm stem.
I have the Corto 35mm and it's absolutely fine. Looks nice, not had any issues with it, would buy another with no hesitation.
I have two of the bars and a 35mm stem. The bars are bars, and tbh the stem looks better than many of the options out there.