New test gear - Race Face Riser Bar  
(6 comments) Monday, 25-August-2003  12:02 AM - by Ryan 
The nice folks at Advance Traders, the Australian distributor for Race Face, Rocky Mountain and many other quality brands have kindly provided us with an '04 Race Face Riser Bar to test for a few months



From the Race Face Dealer Manual - "The Riser bar is manufactured from a cold drawn, seamless, butted Air Alloy aluminium tube and shot peened for increased fatigue life. The butting process puts extra material in critical "high impact" areas, creating the optimal strength to weight ratio for an aluminium bar. In fact, the Riser Bar is so strong that it doesn't need a cross brace for support- it's used "as is" by many of the worlds top downhill racers."

In real life, the bars have a nice comfortable bend and sweep and feel pretty damn light too. They don't have quite as much rise as I'm used to, but a bit of messing around with headset spacers has put them in an ideal position for me. They're going out for their first serious ride today, look for a full review in a few months time.





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