I have a pair of alloy Ragley Carnegies on my 29er which I really like. Tempted by the carbon version to a) save some weight (it all counts) and b) soften up the front end of the bike a bit with a rigid fork. They're on offer at CRC just now and I'd really like black, but they're not in stock and the delivery date keeps getting put back by one week every week and it's killing me!
Ian, you read my mind, I've been deliberating the same thing and just today went for the raw ones. Bit of a shame the carbon ones seem to be only available in riser version, but I'm thinking that if I flip them then it might actually give me the slight drop I need to avoid trimming my carbon steerer any more (I've been using flat Carnegies for ages now).
As you know, my bike is pretty much the same colour scheme as yours and, in the absence of a black one, I figured the raw would look a bit different, as opposed to the in-your-face white. Plus, I'm going to be bar-taping them too (getting creepy now!) so I doubt there'll be much left on show.
Ok, I didn't like the look of the raw ones in the pictures, but based on two recommendations for these, the general observation that after bar tape there won't be much showing and nobody urging me to go white, I've ordered the raw. Added bonus is that my £10 off a £75 shop CRC voucher from before Christmas is still valid too, so a good deal I think :D
Thanks all
I think the one on twentyniceinches.com is pre production as they've no decals, which are beneath the lacquer on the production ones. If they're anywhere near the colour of the first pic, then they're going back and I'm having the white ones!
<yorkshiremode>just buy them and giv' up ya surhern tart</yorkshiremode>
When your cycling through the wind and rain down a hill and your mind is only on the next 50 yards of darkness making sure you stay on course and don't miss the next turn, I'm not sure anybody cares what colour your bars are?
Fantasticmrmatt wrote:
When your cycling through the wind and rain down a hill and your mind is only on the next 50 yards of darkness making sure you stay on course and don't miss the next turn, I'm not sure anybody cares what colour your bars are?
But it will be at the back of his mind, eating away, that had he been sensible, he could have colour coordinated his shoes and handlebar.
When your cycling through the wind and rain down a hill and your mind is only on the next 50 yards of darkness making sure you stay on course and don't miss the next turn, I'm not sure anybody cares what colour your bars are?
Like, for example, while trying to find a remote bothy in the dark without a map?
It's purely coincidental that a white bar would coordinate with the shoes, though I don't expect the latter to stay white for all that long. I had a long deliberation on shoes too as I don't particularly like black cycling shoes and trying to get decent shoes in a colour other than black (without spending the obscene amount of money the likes of Sidi charge these days) was quite difficult.
Just returning to the saga of the bars for a second ... no matter how gopping the raw bars look when they arrive, surely raw will be lighter than the painted versions?
Incidentally, what are people's thoughts on strapping heavy bags to carbon bars? I've been wary of carbon on this bike for that very reason, but I've decided to throw caution to the wind. I may just be nervous because I've broken carbon bars before (ouch!).
pedalhead wrote:
Incidentally, what are people's thoughts on strapping heavy bags to carbon bars?
Have you missed the number of lightweight threads, people getting 'cuben fever', coke can stoves, Titanium this and that, PHD down, balloon beds! Heavy bags??
pedalhead wrote:
Incidentally, what are people's thoughts on strapping heavy bags to carbon bars?
Have you missed the number of lightweight threads, people getting 'cuben fever', coke can stoves, Titanium this and that, PHD down, balloon beds! Heavy bags??
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