The lightest bars in the early 90s

[theador]

As per title, what were the lightest XC handlebars available (not carbon) in the early 90s?

 

[tintin40]

Answer Hyper lights I think. 145 grams in two colours

 

[theador]

Answer Hyper lights I think. 145 grams in two colours

nice; available in 1991/2?

 

[retroJIM]

Pace Renthal RC Sub 130 were 130g and around in 1992 I think.

 

[DynaCol]

Bars

Post your barweights here! Good measurements only please, no guessing :wink: Please comment etc in the Weenie Forum - this thread for listings only.

www.retrobike.co.uk

 

[FluffyChicken]

they were all pretty much the same, some lighter by cutting the ends off (Ritchey WCS)
Many are just Easton EA bars e.g. either Answer Hyperlights 144g/584mm/Ritchey WCS 123g/560mm or the stronger (thicker) Ritcher Prolites ~146g/560mm
PACE sub130 in 584mm should be a fart under 130g,

Syncros are heavier (160g Ti/ 170g Alu incl shim, length ?)

 

[scant]

I dont recall the exact date the Bontrager 118 titanium bar came out. 94/95? I wouldnt recommend that 118g handlebar, mine bent riding fast over tree roots when I weighed 130lbs. I took the folded handlebar back to the london bike show & gave it back to K.Bontrager in person who said: "sorry, titec released it early"

 

[Baulz]

Didn't Klein have a crazy light carbon bar?

 

[tintin40]

no carbon in the thread

 

[SouthCoastRetro]

I seem to remember some Fred Salmon bars that a weight-weenie pal of ours put on his pimped Muddy Fox.