Upgrade Your Ride With The Ritchey Comp SC Rizer Mountain Handlebar - Perfect For Mountain, Adventure, And Gravel Bikes Review

I bought this bar to replace a cheap bar that actually snapped in half while riding! The Ritchey bar is far and a way more sturdy, it must be three times thick gauge as the cheap bar, but consequently is heavier. I doubt this one will break while riding. The only problem was it was too wide for me (I was used to a shorter fixie style bar) so I took it to my LBS and they trimmed it to fit with no problem. I would recommend this bar.

It fixed up an 80s mountain bike and decided to order this handlebar since it had a decent amount of rise and was aluminum.It's a great solid bar with a nice finish and plenty of width but trimable if you want something narrower.The bar tapers from the 1in clamp area to the 22mm grips very gradually. This made it difficult to install in my single bolt quill stem but makes the bar stiffer.

These (like most) were quick and easy to install. I got them to replace my old Titec Hellbent bars that were bent from a hard crash. These are quite a bit thicker and sturdy compared to some other bars. They're also a bit wider and great for extra control. Going from a flat bar to a riser has been a nice change. It feels more comfortable all around, especially going down steep hills. Puts more of your weight over the rear wheel.

Love these bars. Great way to spruce up an old MTB on the cheap. Bars are a little heavier than others out there, but are very strong, a drop in the bucket compare to how much the rest of the bike weighs. Much more comfortable and longer than the original flat bars. I can't wait to hit the trails with them. I feel like a real MTB-er now.

Ritchey makes killer stuff. Some say the handlebars are heavy, but I thought the delivery box felt empty when it arrived. This bar is light and strong. Sturdy enough for clamp on bar ends and the type of riding I do. Nice black wrinkled finish. 670 mm width and about a 1.5" rise. Perfect upgrade to my 1994 Cadex carbon fiber CFM3.

Updating my 1997 MTB and replaced an Aluminum 21" handlebar with this Ritchey handlebar. Easy to install, and the extra 5.5" in length will be very helpful on the trails. I'm not happy about the weight. Substantially heavier than the 23 year old handlebar I'm replacing. Another problem is the tube walls are thick (the source of the extra weight) so I need to find bar-ends that will fit that. Totally at a loss about why Ritchey would make such a thick and heavy bar. Definitely watering down the…

I swapped a Ritchey Comp straight bar out for this Ritchey riser bar. The bake and sifter clamp rings would not slide on the this bar yet it was supposedly the same dia as the one they came off of. Forget about bar end plugs or mirror that mount by insertion into the bar ends, I have never seen a bar with wall thickness that this one has. It goes to the dump or maybe I could use it as a jack handle, a waste of money.

In the 1970’s I bought a Tom Ritchey hand made bike frame from Palo Alto cycles. Rode it daily for decades. 3 shoulder surgeries and old age made me ditch the tight drop bars and I sold the bike.My old bars were a bit bent from an accident last year. I also needed a more upright ride to ease my shoulder pain and I wanted a Ritchey "reminder” on my current Bike so I bought these bars.Out of the box, they are the same Ritchey quality that I’ve known since my 1977 Ritchey frame that Tom hand…

A bit heavy at 470g and very thick. Also, the rise is 35mm not 30mm.I needed something longer than the 620mm and was 24.5mm clamp on a old MTB my buddy gave me.670mm length was perfect, couldn't find longer for my clamp diameter, but 670mm fits great and just long enough. 9 degree Backsweep is perfect and common. 2 degree upsweep I thought wouldn't be enough but it's not bad at all. Would be nice if it was more but compared to the original handlebars which had a drastic backsweep and upsweep…

I needed to raise my wife's handle bar rise and this handle bar worked perfectly. The numbness in her hands disappeared and she is very happy.

Product arrived unscathed, wrapped in plastic bag and cushioned with packing paper.Just finished mounting it, and whereas I haven't taken it out, I can already feel a difference in the comfort level positioned on the bike.The 580mm Ultralight XC bar that was on the bike was wonderful for running fairly simple track/trails, but a heckin' pain for general riding.This bar is roughly 1lbs, and in my excitement to mount it, I forgot to weigh it.It's very solid, the anodizing was superb, on a level…

thick, sturdy bars that are actually a lil overkill for the all mountain bike that I put them on ('04 Cannondale Jekyll 600)

The first thing I noticed when I picked it up was, this thing is really heavy -- like its distracting.I'm not a weight weenie, but it really seems excessive. I can't understand why they would make it so thick. I have to carry that weight going uphill.Is it even aluminum?It looks like they're getting loosey goosey with the things they put their name on.

Unfortunately does not fit a one pice neck. Seller only had a 30 day return policy and I didn’t get around to trying to swap it. My fault so off to eBay with it.

Love everything about this handlebar except for one thing…I can’t find any at grip end plugs to fit the small diameter inside the bars.The only thing I know to do is use the one piece rubber bar grip with the rubber ends that are hard to put on and remove.