Leigh Donovan’s World Championship bike of 1997 was bedecked with a blinged-out gold handlebar made by ProTaper. Now, the model are celebrating the great outdated days releasing a restricted version Icon Gold A25 riser bar. Introduced along side it’s a new vary of carbon handlebars for Enduro, All-Mountain and XC, a spotlight of which must be the ProTaper XC Hyperlite weighing a claimed 125 grams.
ProTaper Icon Gold 25mm Riser Bar
If the ProTaper Icon Gold A25 isn’t jewellery to your bike, then I don’t know what’s. Paying homage to Leigh Donovan’s glory days, the Gold MTB Handlebar is now accessible in restricted portions.
The attention-catching coloration is the one factor new right here; the A25 is a staple in ProTaper’s lineup, sitting alongside the A12, A50 and A76 riser bars all made out of 7050 aluminum. This 810mm bar has a 25.4mm rise, with a 4° up-sweep and a 9° back-sweep. It options reduce marks on every finish, indicating that it may be reduce as quick as 710mm. It additionally has markings additional inboard to assist out with cockpit part positioning, and extra on the clamp space to assist arrange the roll place.
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The ProTaper A12, A25, A50 and A75 MTB Handlebars can be found in Silver and Black; solely the A25 is on the market in Icon Gold.
The ProTaper A25 Icon Gold LE retails at $104.99 USD, simply the identical as all their different handlebars within the aluminum sequence.
ProTaper C12 and C25 Carbon Bars
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The ProTaper Carbon Bars for Path and Enduro are critically light-weight, weighing a claimed 190g at 810mm large within the 31.8mm possibility
New for ProTaper are the C12 and C25 Carbon Handlebars, made utilizing a Plastic Foam Lamination course of. The comparatively new manufacturing methodology is alleged to be extremely environment friendly; ProTaper tells us it requires much less resin and carbon laminate as in comparison with conventional manufacturing methods, translating right into a 15% lighter bar that’s nonetheless robust sufficient to be ridden on the roughest terrain by the quickest enduro riders.
As such, the ProTaper C12 (12.7mm) and C25 (25.4mm) riser bars weigh a claimed 190g at 810mm large within the 31.8mm clamp diameter possibility. Solely the C25 can be accessible in a 35mm clamp diameter. Each bars function a 4° up-sweep and an 8° back-sweep. These retail at $184.99 USD.
ProTaper XC Hyperlite Carbon Bar
ProTaper’s new Hyperlite Carbon Bar for XC weighs a claimed 125g. That’s a 31.8mm clamp diameter bar at 760mm large. I’m undecided I do know of any lighter than that. In case you do, drop it within the feedback. This one is made utilizing the identical Plastic Foam Lamination course of described for the C12 and C25 enduro bars. It’s flat (0° experience) and has a 9° backsweep, and retails at $184.99 USD.