Carbon Handlebar Upgrade

[RojoRacing]

For anyone looking to lighten their bike and wallet. Salsa Cycles has all their woodchipper bars on super sale right now. I believe these are the exact design the stock bars are modeled after. I picked up the 42cm carbon 2.0 for my new build because the 47cm stock are just excessively wide.

Don't confuse the woodchipper and cowchipper models, you want the woidchipper for that optimal wrist angle.

Woodchipper Carbon 2.0

Woodchipper is Salsa’s signature drop bar for off road riding, where its unique shape delivers comfort and control no matter how rough the terrain. Woodchipper Bars bend along three planes to create extra-wide lowers while still maintaining a shallow drop. The Woodchipper’s non-conventional...

www.salsacycles.com

 

[Robert Holler]

The stock bars are indeed a wider clone of these.

 

[cpml123]

Is the stock bar similar to the 46mm version?

 

[RojoRacing]

Is the stock bar similar to the 46mm version?

Yes the 46 would be a near dead match, maybe 1cm narrower if anything which is not even worth mentioning but I just did anyways.

 

[Greg S]

Thanks for the tip about the Salsa sale @RojoRacing. Ordered a set of 42's.