I know this is a bit of a can of worms, but if folks have used any inexpensive aero handlebars and are happy with the product, I’d love to hear your recommendations. I just realized today (after I think 3 years of owning my bike) that I have 42cm handlebars. Having used 38cm in the past I can go pre…

I’ve had Bontrager’s aluminum aero drop bars on my road bike for… looks like 4 years now. The aero gains are never going to be huge, but I was also trying to get a more comfortable width and figured that an aero shape couldn’t hurt. :stuck_out_tongue:

didn’t realize there were many aluminum options, good to know. But I think if I use bontrager with a specialized bike it might explode lol

I have this one on two of my bikes now & think it is almost perfect: https://www.bike24.com/p2417598.html

Dear Superzero alloy are nice, shorter reach than some bars. They’re also often on sale.

I’ve had these same bars on my 2014 Madone for a couple of years now. I love them. The only tricky thing is that the inner edges of the internal routing holes can scratch your cable housing.

I found these for ~100 on amazon, definitely looks super aero like some recognizable high end models I’m familiar with [image] Cougar FL4 Alloy Handlebar - Controltech Constructed from high performance AL6061-T6 material. Alloy is the perfect handlebar material thanks to its impressive …

I have these bars(1st gen) but couldn’t fit Apex 1 shifters correctly on them.

Yes I heard about those issues. Luckily I’m Shimano and I have the 2nd gen anyway which probably fixed that issue?

The prime bars do look really compelling and this is an upgrade I’ve been thinking about - the only issue I see is that the reach is quite short at 78 mm. I’m currently running a 120 mm stem with very basic stock 2013-era entry level Madone bars that have 100 mm reach and are 42 cm wide. Drop is c…

I do not know enough about bar geometry to speak directly to the above reach question, but I would like to add a positive recommendation for the prime primavera. I upgraded to these a few months ago (on advice from this forum) and I love mine. They were easy to route cables through, they look really…

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I found these for ~100 on amazon, definitely looks super aero like some recognizable high end models I’m familiar with

and a bonus is the reach and drop is most similar to my current bars

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