I did not want to outlay too much money to get it figured out so I went to ebay and looked for used carbon handlebars but I wanted to gave a good brand name behind it. Easton brand gives me that reassurance. I was able to score the handlebars for less than 30 and same with the stem.

I am also new at this so let me tell you that I also bought a carbon seatpost only to find out it is too thick for my Sirrus and too thick even for my Surly ICT :-) Theck the diameters ;-)