The key clamp areas are reinforced and with a textured material to prevent slippage.
There are cable grooves underneath the bar for the gear and brake cables to be routed, which provides a neat bar tape wrap. There's an extended wide section either side of the handlebar providing enough space for mounting a computer, out-front Garmin mount, lights or even clip-on aero bars.įitting the bars was easy. The K-Force Compact handlebar achieves its low weight thanks to a unidirectional carbon fibre construction, with Kevlar reinforcing. I use the drops plenty when I'm riding, and almost exclusively when racing, especially crits, and I do much prefer the compacts as they offer enough aero advantage without challenging my lack of flexibiltiy to the same extent some deeper handlebars do. The shape of the handlebar makes it really useable, and we bet more people would make better use of the drops if they had a compact handlebar on their bike. So as well as the shallow drop, the reach has been reduced, so you don't have to stretch quite so far.įSA have also given the drops a slight outward flare (4 degrees) that delivers good clearance between the wrist and top corner of the handlebar, so that you never bounce into the tops when you're riding in the drops. The reach (80mm) is also short with a good rearward extension of the drop. What that means is the transfer from the hoods to the drops is less extreme, and that makes it ideal for people who want who don't have the flexibility to ride in the deep drops of some handlebars. Grips with only an outer clamp are not compatible with our bar.The FSA K-Force Compact, as the name suggests, has a shallower drop (125mm) than a lot of handlebars, including FSA's own Ergo bar. Decal kits: Available in Red, Green, Blue, Orange, Purple & White Until now the 35mm diameter standard has had a bad reputation and rightly so. The results were, on average, a 21% increase in vertical compliance (comfort) coupled with a 28% increase in steering stiffness (responsiveness). We benchmarked the OneUp bar against the most popular carbon bars on the market as well as foam filled aluminum bars. The 35mm clamp diameter quickly changes to a flattened, oval shape in the transition zone and then to a standard 22.2mm clamp diameter for the control zone. The OneUp bar profile minimizes the length of the 35 diameter clamping area as this is the stiffest portion of any 35 diameter bar. Sure you can try to "optimize" the flex slightly with layup, but geometry is king and you're fighting a losing battle. If you actually care about bar compliance, then you don't make a regular 35mm diameter bar. With carbon you can take advantage of more complex shapes to get a better performing product, so that's what we did. 35 done right.Īlmost every other carbon bar on the market copies the simple tapered profile of an Aluminum bar. It's strong, lightweight, minimizes arm pump and vibration and maximize steering response. This is the most comfortable bar we’ve ever ridden, period. The solution is our patent pending oval shape which combines the best ride characteristics of 31.8mm and 35mm bar standards into one package. The goal for the new OneUp Carbon Handlebars was to make the best feeling bar possible, something which would let us ride harder for longer. Strong, lightweight & vertically compliant. An additional reason for the truncated design of the wing was to improve hand comfort when sitting up on the bar tops The WING/10a offers the greatest fit versatility of any alloy basebar we’ve previously made, allowing the rider to fine tune for their riding style and comfort preferences. The grip length can also be trimmed by up to 30mm. The straight hand grips are part of the flippable design that allows the grip height to be modified by 10mm. The WING/10a is available in the following widths: 36, 38, 40, 42, 44
For optimal aero performance the bar should be set in the low position to increase the separation from the armrests. This, along with tidying up the underside of the wing where the cables used to exit has led to a small improvement in performance. The Wing/10a employs a truncated airfoil (Kamm Tail) to stay within UCI regulations while offering the performance of a much deeper section. For optimal aero performance, the bar should be set in the low position to increase the separation from the armrests. The straight hand grips are part of the flippable design that allows the grip height to be modified by 10mm. The WING/10a offers great fit versatility - allowing the rider to fine-tune the grip height for their riding style and comfort preferences.
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