Fatbar LightThe Fatbar Light is Renthal's new trail-width handlebar. It's lighter than it's bigger brother, the Fatbar, but it is just as strong. This is possible because the bar width has been reduced from 780mm to 740mm. The smaller width means less leverage going through the rise, so they have been able to reduce the material there as it's no longer needed. We took a look at Renthal's testing last year and it's clear they're not the kind of company to make this kind of claim unless they were completely sure of it. While they have reduced the width, they have not altered the shape of the bar, so they will be instantly familiar to anyone who has used a Renthal bar before. Once again, there are no colour options available, just this lovely gold finish. They are available from a nearly flat 10mm rise to a BMX-feeling 40mm.
Fatbar Lights details:- Available in 10, 20, 30 and 40mm rises
- High strength 7 series aluminium alloy
- Optimised lightweight tapered tube
- Shot peened for increased fatigue life
- Corrosion and abrasion resistant hard anodised finish
- 31.8mm clamping diameter
- Weight: 269-271g
- MSRP: $84.95 USD
Lock-on GripsThese are arguably the most-awaited grips of the last few years. It's no secret that Renthal have been working on these for several years, but weren't prepared to release them until they felt they were perfect. This obsessive pursuit of the right product lead them to move away from the system ODI and similar grips use where the collars are separate from the grip. With these the grip is bonded onto the collar. Renthal say this means no more loose grips, it also means that when your grips are done you can't just replace the rubber. It's not a huge cost and, in honesty, in our experience most people tend to replace the whole grip anyway. Like their previous grips, these are available in a huge range of compounds, including their magic kevlar flavour, which manage to be both soft and last forever. When they passed the super-soft compound to their World Cup riders, they found them too soft and there was too much movement in the grip for that kind of ultra-aggressive riding. Fortunately Renthal test their products at a range of levels and for their local testers doing more relaxed loops they were a real favourite as they were so comfortable. This approach for testing their products is something they are rightly very proud of, if it had solely been down to the racers the super-soft grips would have never seen the light of day.
Lock-on grip details:- Available in medium, soft, super comfort and kevlar compounds
- CNC aluminium locking collars
- Integrated central core for all-weather security on the handlebar
- Soft, Medium and Super Comfort - MSRP $29.99
- Kevlar - MSRP $32.99
www.renthal.com
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... definitely doesn't help with making the title snappier
At any rate, like I said, it's just all about finding the width/bend/rise combination that gives you the best feeling.
nL=cL+1"
where nL is the new bar length and cL is the current bar length
However, I highly rate the super comfort ones, theres pretty much no movement, no more than i felt in any of my ODI grips anyway
(www.clarkscycles.com/index.php/html/product/pagetype/aftermarket/id/clo201-ano-blk-blue-lock-on-grip)
pretty much the same grip without the price tag, £9.99 Bargain - but they come with the very cheap push in ones (dont spread which you can see in the link) but up to now they've lasted pretty well! im surprised!!
The claims for just as stiff? well, I tend to disagree. There is abit of flex in them bars. Nothing to worry about, but still perceptible amounts of it. That, or my stem (Renthal Duo) is flexing instead
So its not technically lighter, there's just less handlebar there?
So technically it is lighter, and there is less handlebar there, even when the regular bar is cut to the same width.
i am currently running renthal twin wall bars off my YZF450 on her, but i find 'fat' bars would be ideal for my fat girlfriend.
Anyone know what it is?
7°back & 5° up
That's pretty much it. I still find the price steep, though.
I also run a Fatbar on my miniDH, and planned on using a Fatbar Lite (I actually bought one ...) on my AM bike, but finally heard Renthal bars were not made in house in Manchester so back to my made in France bars
Well I got hold of a set of Neken handlebars (that are from France), but few left and they don't plan on making new ones before a few years ...
So if they are not made in UK anymore, the German Syntace it shall be...
Renthal does first choice quality stuff...end of... Buy one ..I did and I am happy
I'll just say I do whatever I can, within reason, for my next build to be made in somewhere-else-than-Asia. If that includes using a TW dropper post, TW fork and shock, then so be it, I know the rest will be from around here. If you want to keep buying overexpensive frames from TW because it's written a specific frame maker on it, then so be it, but I'd rather pay 1500€ for an Orange Frame, which by the way, has a much better suspension design than most frames out there (than say, a SC Nomad for example).
Let the hate continue! as it has already started
(oh and that was the short version)
Wouldn't you appreciate if I was buying wine from Spain on regular basis rather than from Chile, even though Chilean is very likely to be better?
Excuse me ???
Obviously where you come from they know fu²k about wine
You get the reason why they are "light" is because they reduced the size/length...if they were to increase it without adding material to the stress points the bars would no longer have renthal's signature durability. Just go get the original size and cut it down. Theyre all similar weight anyways with only differences in 10g's at most lmao.
The difference between fat bar lites and fat bars are alot more than 10 G's, which apparently are the biggest difference i'll find. Not one bit true. Spank spikes are also more than a 10G difference between those. Depending on each rise. I'm not concerned about getting a bar to exactly 30 inches. I just said i'm a little dissapointed there newest bar doesn't fit my personal preference of 30 inch plus bars...as you would say lmao at that 10g stat you posted
Renthal Fatbar: 340g-344g @780mm
Answer Protaper: 335g @780mm
Havoc 31.8 Alloy: 320g @ 750mm
Spank 777 Evo: 320g @ 777mm
All pretty similar. Doesn't account for rise models which are heavier. These are some of the most common bars used out there. Of course you get other ones, some much lighter some not. But you get what I'm saying, they're alll pretty similar in weight. Once you get a little lower you get lower weights but still about 10g's difference on average. Soo...