Cheap, tough, wide bars?

“Light. Strong. Cheap, pick two”?

I’m picking Cheap and Strong
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Looking for 680mm+ wide (700mm would be nice)
Plenty of rise, 50mm at least.
Oversize clamp.

To slap on front of t’Pitch with the 40mm Hussefelt stem I’ve just accuired, to chuck down an Alp or three…..

Recommendations?

matching truvativ?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=9779

Reverse 710 bars are nice and light, DH strong and cheapish. Very pleased with mine.

Easton Havocs are pretty tidy.

Nice try thanks chaps, but I don’t call £60 for the Eastons or £46 for the Reverse cheap by an means. Stoner is closest so far…..

EA30,s? Cheap, strong and 685mm wide.

You’re not going to get a lot cheaper than those truvativs.

Running a Holzfeller Bar and Stem that I got from Merlin for a bonkers package price of £30 – not sure if they’re still doing it but the bar is surprisingly light for it’s strength…

In fact Stoner linked to the one I have – so Merlin pretty much gave me the stem free then – nice!

Sunline V3?

I got my 50mm rise ones off eBay for 20 quid. ATC have ’em for 25, OS is only 685mm though.

http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111352.html

Some decent deals here:

http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/FSA_CLEARANCE.html

A nice (?) white one at 15 quid. Not sure if there is enough rise for you on any of these ones tho.

This is what I call cheap…..
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=15881

But has anybody used any?
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EDIT – Just seen the other posts aboove this one, I’ve been busy and it took a while to post this!

PP, just seen this in the classifieds

hussefelt bars in black, 31.8, 50mm rise, 640mm wide, perfect for a SS jump bike, dont come with grips?£10posted
?http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3106739/

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/huge-clearout

Azonic single wall or double wall depending on what you mean by tough. reduced on crc at the moment

used double walls on my full suss and singlespeed and they are properly tough

Kore BFD bars. 710mm wide, plenty tough, 325 grams… £22 off crc. Though tbh I’d spend another £20 and save 100 grams or so.

Just bolt a bit of scaffold tube to yer bike.

You might want to reinforce it with concrete inside, mind, just to be on the safe side… 😉

Stoner, thanks but nowhere near wide enough!
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Kore BFD bars. 710mm wide, plenty tough, 325 grams… £22 off crc. Though tbh I’d spend another £20 and save 100 grams or so.

Thanks I’ll have a look at those.
But you’re talking to someone who smashes frames and components with monotonous regularity, and I’ll be spending 5 days throwing myself down various Alps for the first time, and dragged back up on a chairlift. Sod the weight, I’ll put my standard Spesh bars back on when I get home.
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