Enve Carbon Bars Review

Its flared shape offers increased handling in rough terrain.

Enve carbon bars review.

Enve now offers bars in the two most popular stem clamp diameters 31 8 and 35 0mm. When choosing your next bar consider these points. The enve handlebar has a wide roughened clamping surface to eliminate slipping. They are super comfy on all terrain and never felt vague or flexy.

Our pivot mach 429 trail a year ago with an enve cockpit our aim was to save weight. The m7 stem is the newest in the lineup and matches the m7 bar s 35 millimter clamp diameter. Carbon handlebars are most often more expensive than aluminium ones but as upgrades go they re far from the most expensive. Enve s new m7 carbon 35mm handlebar and stem combo hits the mark but that performance doesn t come cheap.

People often talk about carbon products having a balance of stiffness and flex and how you need just the right amount of each and the guys at enve have nailed it with these bars. Enve carbon cockpit review mountain bike review enve carbon cockpit review mar 16 2018 can a bar stem combo radically enhance ride quality. The company claims their bars weigh 245 gm grams but ours squeaked in at 233 grams or 12 less than advertised. By josh croxton june 25 2020 image.

While they are young their wild success has been achieved in their mastery of carbon fiber. Enve s m7 carbon stem is a work of art that works. Light stiff and strong. The new m9 gravity bars are also 31 8mm.

They feel precise and yet somehow have a level of comfort that reduced fatigue on long rough tracks. This size allows us to achieve the optimum compliant yet responsive flex profile for trail use while also minimizing weight. Not all bars are created equal in reality enve is still a relative newcomer to the bike industry. While more wide dh rated carbon bars are appearing on the market the enve dh bars where one of the first to hit shelves at a full 800 mm wide.

Our trail category m5 and m6 bars are all 31 8mm. Costing roughly the price of my first car at 350 the new enve g series gravel handlebar is a serious investment but it s super light and designed to offer more compliance than most other carbon handlebars. The 50 millimeter one i have weighs 95 grams. Enve s compact road bars are pretty traditional looking but performance is all modern.