![]() You can find more information at the Redshift sports Website hereĪs with all my tests, this is a real world review. ![]() personally I think my next one will be without the loop as I didn’t use it that much but if you strap a lot of kit to your bars or do bike packing I think it’ll work for you. The Redshift kitchen Sink Bar is a great bar for riding anywhere, on road, off road and city (I’ve commuted on it too). My big problem now it that i need to buy another for my other bikes! Why should you buy this bar? if you have a “problem” bike this bar might just be the answer but if it feels and rides this well on a problem bike it’s only going to enhance the ride of an already good bike. If this bike feels good on a bike that’s not designed for it then how good must it be on a bike that it is designed for?! Maybe it’s the little bit of rise this bar has paired with it’s back sweep that is making the difference? Whatever it is it now has raised another dilemma. I’ve done up to 50 mile rides on various terrain and my neck and shoulders have felt fine afterwards. I’m not stretched out, my arms are slightly bent when on the hoods and reaching the levers with hands on the drops for technical riding is fine. On paper it’s wider than my normal bar, it has a longer drop but it feels totally right on the bike. It actually did and that’s why it’s a puzzle. Ok so this bar has Messed with my head but did the bar work on the problem bike? In a word, yes. on the rough stuff it’s stiff enough but with enough give to not feel jarring. Work the drops on technical sections and the reach to the brake lever blades is spot on. it’s manners off road are impeccable, the extra width and hand friendly diameter mean you always feel secure. The ride, control is the word that keeps coming to mind about this bar. Kitchen sink bar feels good even when you’re not holding it! The drop on these is also longer than I’m used to but riding on the drops felt natural and I tend to climb out of the saddle on the drops more than on the hoods to get more leverage so a bar that feels right in the hand is important. that’s quite hard to get your head around but take a look at the technical details on Redshift’s website h ere as they explain it lot better than me. The reach on the 44cm bars is 70mm but interestingly the wider you go the less the reach is as the back sweep takes effect. For the occasional downhill aero position it was fine for me without extra tape. I didn’t tape the forward loop or up to it on the bars but I think if you were going to use that forward loop as a “tri” bar you’d need to just to give your forearm bones some respite by adding some tape. These felt great for cruising along and I liked the fact I could hook my thumbs around the forward loop. The bars feel great in your hand, I don’t like a thick bar like aero road bars tend to be on the part across the middle. basically it feels too long, which you’d expect I suppose but I’m stubborn and tried the Kitchen Sink bar to see how it faired, even if it’s wider than my normal width Redshift kitchen Sink Bar in control ( I may not be)įeel, first of all let me say that I tried this bar with Redshift’s control top and drop grips as they sent me those too and a separate review will be along shortly on those but I thought it only fair to try them without as a better comparison to what I’m used to. I know this bike with a flat bar is great for long distances, I’ve done 100 mile rides on it and run it singlespeed so I know the difference has always been the bar and the riding position this gives. I’ve even tried a 40cm bar on this bike to get a more upright position, that was a twitchy nightmare! So if the Kitchen Sink Bar works with this bike it’ll work on any bike. I’ve tried quite a few bars on this together with various length and rise stems and have never felt truly comfortable on it other than for short rides in the woods. I usually run a 42cm bar so went for the smallest 44cm to test and the best bike I thought of to test this was my Singular Swift, which by design is a flat bar 29er and has, because of the longer reach a flat bar bike gets over a drop bar version, been a right pain to fit a drop bar too. ![]() all the rise, flair and sweep you’ll ever need Minimum width is 44cm with 47 and 50mm for fans of a wider stance. Add this to some flare and you’ve got quite a lot going on. Can this Redshift bar upset my balance? After all it’s a pretty radical looking item with the extra forward loop (also available without) a little rise from the centre and a little bit swept back. I like to think I know what I like after quite a few miles of riding different bars and I’d pretty much settled on one bar at one width. Handle bars are a very personal thing, one person’s nirvana can be another’s purgatory.
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