Originally Posted by
Craptacular8
Dang. Can you feel a huge weight difference between the two?
Originally Posted by
kevindsingleton
My hybrid has an aluminum bar that isn't nearly as thick as that appears to be. In fact, now that I think about it, so does my franken-MTB. That looks pretty strong, if the material is as thick as it appears.
Is the steel bar rusted, inside? If you pulled it hard enough to bend it, and it's not structurally compromised, you may need to lay off the steroids!
Weight wise, they don't feel that different, but i'm not counting grams anymore. My XC days are 15 years and 25 lbs in the past, so I'll take strong over light. It definitely feels stiffer than the cheapie.
The original bar on that bike was a Scott AT-1 LF, that was super light, super stiff, and probably thinner than the steel bar.