Chinese ultralight handlebar passed SGS quality certification

[Lozaen]

Works for me as well

[Kurt1980]

I'm keen to get a set of these... Any feedback so far?

[dbzznlqbqft]

I wonder is it possoble to have 3k matte finish?

[Kurt1980]

I've ordered a set of these in 40cm. I'll update this thread once I get them, but I suspect it will be a little while, given they have to travel from China to Australia.

[Kurt1980]

Will pick these up tomorrow. Scale pics and general comments to follow!

[kode54]

Are they planning to make an aero bar as well? in development?

Nice alternative to expensice bars that actually weigh more.

[HenryH]

The integrated is interesting. Anyone know the sizes it will come in? Fear it will be too small for me, but you never know.

Disappointed with the competition and development of new integrated handlebars. Not many good aero focused ones to choose from. And quite a few of the ones that you can choose from got rather limited size options.

[dton13]

Any chance EXS is considering 1 1/4 steerer sizes for the integrated handlebar?

[alanyu]

FYI, EXS is pushing on the integrated aero bar project. The prototype was spotted on the Shanghai Show. The current problem is the long production due to the special layup. It will be compactible with 1-1/4 steerer and is planned to offer 360-420 * 80-140

[Kurt1980]

So for anyone interested in the standard drop bar....(!)...I picked up my package today.

Order purchased on 22 April, made it to my city in Australia on the 13th May. Not bad considering the current dramas in the world.

Box is non descript.

Information on the side. Looks like a few options, I went for the middle path

Handlebar is well protected inside

The size I chose

Some details. Flattish section in the hooks

And in the corners

Pretty sharp radius

Most important... weight. Light!!! 168g!

First impressions are good. I've never owned any carbon bars before, they're light, drop and reach suit me. There's 1cm of flare each side, so 40cm at the hoods, 42cm at the drops. These feel pretty stiff....I can induce a small amount of flex if I push the drops towards each other pretty hard. I'm currently running some Giant Contact SL bars... these feel about on par with them.

I'm just thinking now about suitable stems. I've read the threads where people induce dents in the mounting area, presumably because the face plate is too small which increases the pressure. Any recommendations for stems with more surface area on the faceplate? Maybe something nice and carbon like the old school 3T Arx Ltd?

The other option is to go all out and get that 2 bolt alloy Newmen stem. Someone else on this forum recommended it with carbon bars. It goes on like the 2 bolt Darimo stems.

Anyway, it'll be a little bit before I mount this, but wanted to update the thread... there's a real dearth of information on these bars, which is a shame beacuse so far they look good!

Cheers all

Kurt

[RDY]

So for anyone interested in the aerohandlebar....(!)...I picked up my package today.

Order purchased on 22 April, made it to my city in Australia on the 13th May. Not bad considering the current dramas in the world.

Box is non descript.
Box 1.jpg

Information on the side. Looks like a few options, I went for the middle path
Box 2.jpg

Handlebar is well protected inside
Inside.jpg

The size I chose
Size.jpg

Some details. Flattish section in the hooks
Detail 1.jpg

And in the corners
Detail 2.jpg

Pretty sharp radius
Detail 3.jpg

Most important... weight. Light!!! 168g!
Weight.jpg


First impressions are good. I've never owned any carbon bars before, they're light, drop and reach suit me. There's 1cm of flare each side, so 40cm at the hoods, 42cm at the drops. These feel pretty stiff....I can induce a small amount of flex if I push the drops towards each other pretty hard. I'm currently running some Giant Contact SL bars... these feel about on par with them.



Kurt

Those aren't the aero bars. They're still working on those AFAIK. Summer launch.

[Kurt1980]

Sorry, you're right!

I meant drop bars.

Edited

[garbageman]

FYI, EXS is pushing on the integrated aero bar project. The prototype was spotted on the Shanghai Show. The current problem is the long production due to the special layup. It will be compactible with 1-1/4 steerer and is planned to offer 360-420 * 80-140

Thanks for the info. Do you know anything of the planned reach/drop/bend shape?

[RDY]

FYI, EXS is pushing on the integrated aero bar project. The prototype was spotted on the Shanghai Show. The current problem is the long production due to the special layup. It will be compactible with 1-1/4 steerer and is planned to offer 360-420 * 80-140

Missed your post. That's interesting. A few weeks ago they told me that 100mm was the shortest stem length they were going to do initially. I really wanted 70 or 80mm 420mm. Guess they received quite a few other requests then.

[mrlobber]

Received my EXS standard bars. 40cm. Weight 169g.
Looking forward to the integrated ones as well as aero, probably will be a repeated customer.