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Experience of bars required

Sorry no here

It's possibly a largely unnecessary upgrade but as my wife won't let me but a second bike (actually that's an idea if I replace the bike part by part I'll eventually have two anyway )...

My bike's got a reasonably light aluminium frame (1700gr) but I'm fairly sure the bar is plain steel. Would replacing it with a lighter aluminium bar make much difference to the handling?

It's currently a 1" riser which feels okay, but I was wondering what effect swapping it for a 2" riser would have, perhaps with a slightly longer stem.

Any thoughts appreciated, any recommendations welcomed.

Richard
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