Ritchey Kyote Handlebar Review - my New Favorite Flat bar

[@LaLaObeRoT]

It all comes back. Had bikes with this style bars in the 80s.

[@ritcheydesign]

Glad these worked out for you! The riding looks great.

[@51249ca]

when put rest on hands on the bars like at 4:10 the bike is still very stable, and resembles being on the top flat portion of a drop bar

[@bikingviking6688]

I have these bars and love them! The 45° angle of the Jones Bars were a little too extreme for me. The angle of these seems to hit The Sweet Spot. On my Surly ogre I run them with the Positive rise for my bikepacking set up for a little more upright position and I'll flip them over to the negative rise for a more aggressive position when I'm using the bike for mountain biking.

[@outbackwack368]

Thanks! I really appreciate and enjoy how succinct, yet detailed all of your material is! I am much more comfortable riding my mountain bike than on drop bars anymore. I always seems to suffer from wrist tension and numbness on the hoods. Consequently, I'm seriously thinking about selling my 2020 Topstone Carbon Ultegra RX that's not even a year old and going with a hardtail or something like a Cutthroat with a flatbar setup. My wife and I recently did a 21 mile ride up at the Grand Canyon on pavement with her on her Topstone and me on my full suspension and I EASILY kept up with her, and I didn't even lock out the suspension (I like to jump over things and play). That essentially convinced me that I could have something like a hardtail as my only bike with 2 sets of wheels, and it would be a wide range 1X. I love the simplicity of shifting my X01 Eagle and being able to adjust the derailleur right on the shifter. And the dropper is the icing on the cake, along with the 28 pound weight with pedals (carbon everything). Stay safe out there!

[@LockedinCycling]

Thanks for the compliment and wow the Grand Canyon has to be on my Bucket list

[@ivanbornyakov4966]

Have this bar for about a year now. Fckn LOVE it!

[@tome1389]

What sort of terrain do you use it on?

[@ivanbornyakov4966]

@@tome1389 I use it on my single-speed commuter, so pavement, gravel on a weekends

[@kellymorris10342]

Interesting for sure. I swapped my flat bars for a Jones H bar. Eliminated wrist pain instantly.

[@davidbierbaum4881]

Get into that. 😎 Product history is always fun.

[@jameshuggins4300]

I have surly terminal bars which are very similar love them!

[@brettmatson9052]

I have them on my AWOL love them. Thanks.

[@Onchopss]

Chuck some bar ends on that alt position on the bends

[@andreisevela1496]

Have a look at Ergotec Rise Comfort 50. Almost the same with 25 degrees back sweep. I just ordered it.

[@IsraelMagalit]

Considering this bar but can't find an online store with reasonable shipping to Canada. The Kyote isn't working for me. How are you liking the Ergotec?

[@Chr13t1ansen]

looking at bars of style for my 2 bikes as are different from the norm, as I my cruiser bike it has mini apps on it

[@anhb4203]

I agree with the comfort of these bars with >30degrees of backsweep. Swapping my mtb flatbar with this offered a more enjoyable ride.

[@johnfarr5415]

I bought these for my fat bike...had my LBS order them and when I picked them up the general manager says "these are a lot like the Jones Bars" which they have several of hanging on the wall. I replied "yeah but they cost 1/3 as much."

[@guillermomaison3457]

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[@jasperaugustus2665]

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[@prestonarmando8050]

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[@jasperaugustus2665]

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[@miguelkieling532]

Very interesting! Could you share what tires you are using? How wide are they? Thank you

[@Mr71paul71]

The way the bike industry keeps reinventing things, for example the old school allrounder pattern of handlebars as seen here. Then one day the bike industry will invent the bicycle and marketing boffins will sell you this new cool invention of the bicycle !!!! But I'll add that the allrounder handlebars are extremely comfortable and I run them on my touring bike

[@rantanplan7474]

Can't wait to get mine! I was running straight bars, then ran 35° 640mm M bars for a while. 35° back sweep feels a tad too much and 640mm a tad too narrow for me, so I'm eager to try these at 27.5°. I'll definitely have to cut it down to 720mm to be able to pass my bike through my apartment's narrow doorway, sadly.

[@chandrashekarmudhol]

For this bars we have to use short stem like 35 mm for better grip ?

[@LockedinCycling]

@@chandrashekarmudhol I didn’t swap my stem when I did this bar , it really just adjusted my wrist angle more so then put hands out farther, if it’s a lot wider then he currently straight bar yes you may want to shorten a size or two

[@chandrashekarmudhol]

Thank you .. One more Issue I tired to install Ritchey bar ends on this kyote handle bars for more comfort like velo orange crazy bar . but at the curved back sweep side bar ends will stuck and doesn't get inside so .. Did you tried like any additions ?

[@LockedinCycling]

@@chandrashekarmudhol I didn’t try any of those types of add ons, it makes sense since it is a tighter bend then most bars like this. I know ride farr has some bar ends like that as well, but it may just be down to the shape and tighter bend that may have issues

[@chandrashekarmudhol]

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[@KhushalBorad42]

My friend what you recommend? Dual Sport 3 2021 Talon 1 2021 Roam 2 disc 2021 Radon zr team 6.0 2021

[@LockedinCycling]

Hey i only know two of those bikes but not all the specs, I offer bike consolations to help you decide. You can message me on Instagram if your interested

[@tomaldous5641]

They look like they increase reach a little compared to standard flat bars, can you measure by how much?

[@LockedinCycling]

They do but I don’t have a measurement

[@jaman5735]

just ordered this badboy for my surly lht with ics extra chunky grips!!! greetings from germany

[@pawpotsRS]

even with 30km, my hand feels pain and numbness with a flat bar, I tested my friend's gravel with this type of bar, and man I love it, my hand feels more comfortable, I think it's called Swallow Bar? or maybe I'm wrong

[@arieljohnmaduro9788]

Looking forward for Gravel bike build for Roadies.

[@LockedinCycling]

Mother episode is coming next week!

[@madrox992]

Have you taken them on anything technical or as it just been more all-road riding sort of usage?

[@LockedinCycling]

I’ve taken them on mountain trails and they are still great

[@summersoul1410]

hi Locked in. Please show also your entire mtb or specs in your next vlog. Thanks

[@sanraki]

How’s the stem length? Should I go longer than with a flat-ish bar?

[@jasonjames8403]

I am also interested in stem length comments.....

[@tidyroach4461]

Shorter! I had to reduce my stem length to 3.5cm, I also had to get a seat post without offset to the back. It was well worth it though, the bars are perfect and my wrist pain is completely gone.

[@yardsalecycles]

are they like a new skool mustash bars???

[@LockedinCycling]

They are definitely a different shape then a mustash , but I’d say they are in the family of stashes 😂

[@yardsalecycles]

@@LockedinCycling been thinking about them for my wife's bike might pull the trigger on them soon

[@LockedinCycling]

@@yardsalecycles they are great and totally worth it

[@asshatginger3343]

Kept waiting for some shots of the entire bike with the bars on to get an idea of what it looks like. Sounds like a good option ergonomically, but what about aesthetically?

[@jamesharoldbardwell2182]

I have a genesis longitude with a handlebars made my a British company on-one, the bars are called OG... They look very very similar, I've compared them on whatbars.com Very similar indeed.. I quite the way they look. But i wonder how much of that aesthetic is because i know how comfortable they are..

[@tome1389]

How is a tight turn on the technical stuff does the bar come close in to your body

[@LockedinCycling]

I think it gives your knees more room because of the sweep, creating pockets for them to not hit

[@tome1389]

@@LockedinCycling Im really intrigued by how it handles offroad on something a bit more techy 😁

[@LockedinCycling]

@@tome1389 I’ve loved them so far there same eternal width they just give more comfortable wrist angle

[@tome1389]

@@LockedinCycling just bought some in Silver for my Surly Krampus

[@tome1389]

just had my first ride out with these bars and your right best ever so confident on the trail I also use the bend as an aero position I was 3kmph faster on average on my normal trail route with these bars!

[@BenjaminSmith2]

There need to be more alt-bars that come stock. Wrist pain is a such a common complaint with flat bars that you'd think they'd figure this out by now. Maybe one of these direct-to-consumer brands will step up?

[@PRH123]

Satori have a great range of bars with various angles of sweep. Aluminum, light, and much less expensive than steel Jones.

[@jasonrichardwatts]

Satori's range of bars, stems and seatposts is going to take off, they're AWESOME!

[@PRH123]

@@jasonrichardwatts I have 3 sets :)

[@jasonrichardwatts]

@@PRH123They're brilliant aren't they? I love their Full-City bars. Very comfy.

[@papawell8302]

Hi, may I ask how many degrees rizer are you using on your mountain bike? Thanks.

[@carlosperalta708]

Great video, I don't see the link in the description for handlebar.

[@LockedinCycling]

Just updated the description, thanks for looking out!

[@Samsonmetaphysical]

What handlebar bag do you think would pair good with these, I have these bars but don't like the two different handlebar bags that I own.

[@LockedinCycling]

Check our my Kaiventure handlebar bag reviews , I have a discount code and they use a ton of loops on the back for easy placement

[@NickNiemiec]

Try the Ritchey ergo grips with these bars - that's my setup and its fantastic, though I think I'm going to cut mine down to about 760 (XC MTB)

[@LockedinCycling]

I mentioned those in the beginning that’s the grips I’m using and yea they are great

[@NickNiemiec]

@@LockedinCycling Ah! Yours are a little different than mine and I didn't realize there were multiple ergo Ritchey grips. I use the WCS EGP: us.ritcheylogic.com/us_en/wcs-egp-locking-grips

[@alias8125]

How is the redshift shock pipe working out for you with flat bars? Asking beacuse I heard and read from many people that in order to make it work properly you got to have drop bars since the springs works when you put the weight over the pipe itself.

[@LockedinCycling]

It works well you just go to a softer elastomer setup when using with flat bar

[@alias8125]

@@LockedinCycling Damn man, why they didn't think about it. Good one dude

[@john-mikaeljarvenkyla]

thanks for the great content

[@flatlander6928]

The only problem with the Ritchey Store is the shipping. They use DHL and it takes 10 days to Florida. Still waiting on my part! SMH!

[@JimmyHope]

thank you for sharing!

[@tubecated_development]

Similar to the much more inexpensive On One OG bars and On One Mary bars

[@kristianSES]

sold out :(

[@LockedinCycling]

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[@timebadlyspent]

Hi mate, good info, but that editing was very distracting.

[@Korina42]

Golly, swept bars are more comfortable; who'd a thunk it?

[@LockedinCycling]

they do its called the kyote classic I believe

[@Korina42]

@@LockedinCycling and for only $10 more! :-D

[@toxicblackwidow9841]

Highly subjective but I hated them from minute 1... and never got used to them.

[@Gitarrenklangwelten]

Can somebody tell me how thick the bar is on the ends where the shifters are? I have the problem that I put my road shifters on that bar but the shifter holding ring is too big so I can not fixate the lever on the bar properly. Has someone an idea how to solve this issue? Maybe some kind of spacer ring or griptape? thanks!

[@LockedinCycling]

There are 22.2

[@Gitarrenklangwelten]

thank you!