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I’ve just put new ‘bars and stems on both my kids’ Specialized Hardrocks and frankly, I’m staggered – for the sake of 10-15 quids worth of discounted 25.4mm bars, and about the same cost on stems for each, I’ve saved a HUGE chunk of weight. I recall a similar saving off if my old P – Series All Mountain from a few years back when I changed the OE bars. We’re talking hundred of grammes for tens of pounds.

Ok, the examples above are mountain bikes (and all Specialized), but if you’ve got a relatively basic off the peg roadbike, a decent weight saving on the ancillaries might be achieved for very little dough.

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[Super Domestique]

Yep my son has a Hardrock
Yep my son has a Hardrock disc and my daughter has a Myka disc. Changed the bars on both and saw massive weight saving. Like you say, for a relatively low outlay too.

In fact my son’s Easton bars were from the parts bin and the bike hut (tioga iirc) were cheap as cheaps for my daughters bike.

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