CX bars for the small-handed?
I am building my first CX bike and I have small hands, what bars do you small-handed CX riders like? What reach/drop work well for you?
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Not sure what you are asking.
Most bars are pretty much the same diameter. If you are looking for short reach and/or drop that is a different question. BK |
Yup, asking about reach/drop.
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I set up a couple of smaller women on our CX team with Salsa short & Shallow bars and they liked them compared with what they had before. My own hands are also fairly small and I have Oval Concepts 700s on both race bikes tha works for me- they're short reach and drop with a progressive curved compact shape. I actually prefer deep drops with more reach on a road bike, but for CX I like a shallow bar so that I can ride much of the time comfortably in the drops- better braking and more weight on the front wheel in some sections. I don't like the anatomic (what does that word mean anyway?) bump in the drops of the Salsas, but otherwise they would feel like a good fit for cross.
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Bontrager VR-S. Designed for people with small hands. Drop is 118mm and 82mm reach.
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3T Ergosums are pretty shallow too. Not sure what the numbers are on them but the wife digs them.
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FSA Energy compact
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Great feedback everyone, please keep them coming and thank you!
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Zipp
Zipp Service Course SL 70mm
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I like the salsa cowbell bars. They have a nice flare.
76mm reach, 126mm drop |
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Looks like the Ergosums are pretty popular...
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If you're after carbon, check out the Enve compact.
For aluminum the Ritchey WCS Curve or the 3T ErgoNova. ErgoSums aren't bad but my recollection is that they may have more drop. |
Hmm, the Enve's look really nice but they're out of my range $$wise.
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The FSA K Force compact is really quite comfy - my first "A-Ha!" moment in my bar search. I prefer my Zipp compact bars over my Enve compact, which seem to be a wee deeper.
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