Favorite Ride: English smooth tarmac roads at 6am summertime
Bike Setup: Olmo with db deda steel tubing, deda 215 bars, deda quill stem, mostly ultegra 6500/6400 group, Michelin pro2 race on mavic ma3 rims, wellgo mg-8 spd, flite ti saddle. 20.8lb/9.4kg.
Summary: Bought these to replace my late 90's scrathed-up flexy 340g ITM's. I ride a 1.5lb cromo fork on a 4.4lb cromo frame and these make a welcome upgrade. Will upgrade to a 1" carbon fork and ahead though. I live in quite a rolling hilly county and I'm generally in the saddle for a few hours so needed something that was stiff & precise when hitting those 40+mph downhill speeds but also light enough for the climbs.
Strengths: Good value I think; nearest rivals seem to be ITM's offerings at £49.99 GBP.
Lightweight (215g), stiff but don't vibrate due to triple-butting design. Hoods sit beautifully. Nice laser-etched graphics too.
Bike Setup: Cycles Noir (Deda) carbon frame with Record, Deda Bars, Stem and Post, and Zonda wheels. Light fast strong.
Summary: Nice bars. Plenty stiff except for some big power sprinters. Those guys should go with something larger in diameter. A little flex goes a long way towards all-day comfort. The bars are well finished and have well placed cable slots. The availability of three different shapes is special - all those who don't like the anatomical should have purchased one of traditional shapes. So, they fit, they're comfy, easy to set up cables, what's not to like, eh? Oh, and if you haven't tried Deda tape on them, well you've missed something great.
Strengths: Premium equipment that is well built. Light weight (and allow TT style clip-ons). Pretty finishes (black or silver). Shapes to fit every rider.
Weaknesses: To few shops stock the range of options. Better to stock all the differnent versions of the 215, than 10 different brands of bars with the same anatomical shape.
Similar Products Used: Cinellie, TTT, Richey, Trek/Bontrager, Nitto
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Summary: I purchased the 44cm Anatomic version. Installed, then promptly removed. Thank god I didn't waste a good Cinelli ribbon.
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Noodle-like flex. Anatomic bend is horrible. I should have listened to the reviews, but I was convinced that my smallish hands wouldn't object. The problem with the bend isn't in the size, but in the angle. Anatomic bend is way too upright, creating harsh pressure on the bottom of your palm.
Similar Products Used: Cinelli Eubios, Cinelli Nerve
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Bike Setup: 2002 Litespeed Classic. Ultegra. Nothing too fancy, just classic, fast and comfy.
Summary: WOW. Very happy with these bars. Replaced a set of 3TTT Prima's with these Deda 215, shallow drop, traditional bend. I was never too happy with the 'anatomic' bend of the 3TTT's and wanted to stay away from any other brand that had an anatomic bend. Bars are very nice and stiff, with plenty of room on the flat part of the drop. The shallow drop means that moving from the hoods to the drops isn't a huge difference...on the old bars the drops were too deep. These are just right.
All the negative reviews of Deda's stems have steered me away from them. If the stem I've ordered to match up with these bars (a Thompson) doesn't work out, I may have to consider the Deda and a torque wrench.
Strengths: Light but not crazy light, stiff, perfect drop and traditional bend
Weaknesses: None so far
Similar Products Used: 3TTT Prima
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Summary: After building up my training bike with a set of shallow round bars, simmalar to the Deda 215 shallow bars, I decided to install these on my racing machiene. I had been using ITM millenium bars beforehand, I found the anatomical bend on the ITM's just a little big for my hands when riding in the drops.
With the same stem hight I can now ride very comfortably in the drops for long periods of time. The break leavers are also closer to my small fingers, which is always a plus when desending at 80kph into a tight corner.
I also find that when in the drops I've got a few more hand possitions then with the ITM's.
As far as stiffness goes, which everyone seems to carry on about, I don't notice a huge differance between the deda and ITM bars.
Strengths: Weight - nice and light. Shallow drop. The tube diamiter is just right for me.
Weaknesses: None
Similar Products Used: ITM Millenium, 3T round bars.
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