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Performance Inc. Forté Pro Carbon Handlebars

Average Rating: 3.5/5
MSRP: $ 139.00
# of Reviews: 4

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Advanced Carbon Technology gives you a vibration-damped bar that's comfortable and lightweight.

8-bend design provides more comfortable hand positions with plenty of forearm clearance

Ergo drops fit your hands perfectly for a fast comfortable profile

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Submitted by Jose a Recreational Rider from

Date Reviewed: March 16, 2007

Strengths:    Light weight
good strength
good value for the money

Weaknesses:    Haven't found any. I'm hoping I won't.

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I bought this handlebar a couple of years ago and have put about 2,000 miles on them. I have found them to be an excellent value for the money. I had it installed on my older Trek 1400. It really made the bike a lot lighter and fun to drive.

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Favorite Ride:   Prince William forest ride

Price Paid:    $110.00

Purchased At:   Performance

Bike Setup:   Trek 1400,
Performance carbon fiber fork
Fizik Arione saddle
Performance carbon saddlepost
Shimano 105 drive train

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Submitted by tonyzackery a Road Racer from

Date Reviewed: January 11, 2007

Strengths:    Cost to performance ratio is high. Lightweight. Strength.

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:

Good product for the money. As we all know, some large manufacturer makes these for Performance, so they are good quality. These bars are light and the "right" amount of flex for me. A handlebar is one of those items you like to not have to think about, which means it's doing its job well. This handlebar is in that category.

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Favorite Ride:   Horseshoe Bay

Price Paid:    $65.00

Purchased At:   Performance

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Submitted by Bickis a Road Racer from

Date Reviewed: January 10, 2007

Strengths:    light, looks good, comfortable, reasonably priced

Weaknesses:    flexible, unusable after hard crash (like all carbon bars really)

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Decent handlebar. Really light, ergo bends actually kind of comfortable. The bar lasted me a full season until I crashed pretty hard. Even then the bar didn't snap, but you could see cracks in it.
I had the 26.0 size and found it really flexable. I wouldn't buy it again for this reason, but would be curious to know if an OS model might be a little stiffer.

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Similar Products Used: Easton EA70

Bike Setup: Felt Scandium, Dura-Ace

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Submitted by Bikbldr a Recreational Rider from

Date Reviewed: December 8, 2006

Strengths:    none, or not enough strengths in reality to keep it from breaking

Weaknesses:    it breaks

Bottom Line:

Bought these after the shop said that they had not seen any failures, and that they had sold quite a few. I have two of these. the last one I bought failed after 2 months. I will be replacing the other shortly, as I don't trust it anymore.

I cracked it on the bend about 5 inches behind the hoods. The cork tape held it together after that until I could get home.

Performance was great about taking it back

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Price Paid:    $99.00

Purchased At:   Performance Bike

Similar Products Used:   Easton, Ritchey, lots of bars

Bike Setup:   Curtlo S3 and a Curlto with OX platinum both have the bars...or had the bars really

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