Zipp Speed Weaponry B2 Carbon

Price Paid:  $0.00

Favorite Ride:
Cannondale Six13

Bike Setup:
Cannondale Six13 Zipp Carbon Stem, Zipp Carbon B2 Bars, Full Dura Ace, Thompson Masterpiece Stem, Mavic Kysrium SSC SL, Selle Marco Carbon Saddle

Summary:
Zipp makes good stuff, and these bars are no compromise. They absorb road vibration and shock real well. Stiff for sprinting and climbing hills.

These bars performance wise and visually are top shelf, they replaced my FSA K Wing Carbon Bars and I like the feel a lot better.

They are not as Fat as the FSA, they are a nice "inbetween" of standard bars and the FSA K Wing.

If you can splurge for the matching stem, make sure you use Ti-Prep on the Titanium bolts. You will definitely have a sweet ride.

Try em you will like them.

Strengths:
Light, they are lighter than FSA Carbon bars, FSA seems to always inflate their weights by a lot, The scale verified that these Zipp Speed Weaponry Bars weighed 219grms. for size 44 bars. My FSA Carbon K Wing were 285grms for those who care.

Light, Stiff Aero, and Eye Candy

Weaknesses:
Price is about 10 to 20 dollars more than FSA but you get what you pay for.

Similar Products Used:
FSA K Wing, Ritchey Bars, Deda

Price Paid:  $150.00 at eBay

Favorite Ride:
Great Falls

Bike Setup:
Calfee Dragonfly, Record 10S Ultra, DT wheels (training) Zipp Wheels (racing 202s & 404s). Fizik. ~15 lbs race day set up.

Summary:
I have only ridden these bars twice but I wanted to throw something up here because no one has reviewed them. IMHO, Zipp did a fantastic job with these bars. I have the OS version. They do what you want them to do. They are as light as a 26.0 ITM Millenium bar, which they replaced. But they are far stiffer and much more comfortable. Yet they also reduce road vibration over broken pavement and mute the tendence of the front wheel to THUD when going over pavement annomalies. And they help sprinting and climbing because they don't flex when you yank on them. Seated climbing is better because your hands form a better seal with the bars. Standing is also better for the same reason. Safety had to be better because you are less likely to let go if you hit an unseen road hazzard. They feel, uh, zippy. If I had designed and built a handlebar, I would have done it just like this. The only issue I have is that the drops don't extend very far, they main position there is the hooks, you don't get much of a close in part of the drops, so don't plan on using a real long stem.

Strengths:
Stiff, Light, Comfortable, Dampens road shock, eases wrist fatigue, I'm never going back to regular handlebars. Hooks are a good mix between ergo and round.

Weaknesses:
Cost, drops don't extend like the ITM Millenium bar for a shallow reach position in the drops, but it is not a deal breaker for me.

Similar Products Used:
ITM Millenium, Ritchey Pro, TTT, SR Sakae