Originally Posted by
kjsayers
Looking to replace my stock bars with a nice AL or CF set. For those of you with CF risers are they really worth the money? You will spend $80 min. on a good set of CF. A friend who use to race for Schwin several years ago said to stay away from them. He did say since it has been a long time since he has raced the new CF bars may be better. I just wonder if it is worth the money cause I would like to go with a 31.8mm stem so.... Just wondering.
i don't think you need to worry so much about safety. i would say base it more on money. there is nothing wrong with the Al bars if they are cheaper and you don't want to spend as much.
i do like my carbon bars.
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