{"id":202,"date":"2014-09-16T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/16\/review-ritchey-wcs-10d-bars\/"},"modified":"2014-09-16T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T17:05:00","slug":"review-ritchey-wcs-10d-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/16\/review-ritchey-wcs-10d-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Ritchey WCS 10D Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My mountain bike came with a no rise, flat, straight bar. For the past two years it has worked well enough, sort of. But on long rides my hands and wrist start bugging out. I found myself always shifting my hands around grabbing weird parts of the bar to get more comfortable. Then I remembered I had a great pair of bars on my townie. I grabbed the Ritchey WCS 10D Bars off of my commuter\/townie bike and put them on my Specialized Stumpjumper 29er Hard Tail.  It’s been about a month now and I don’t know why I wasn’t riding these all along!<\/p>\n

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Beyond the fact that all pain went away from my hands and wrists the control I have on tech climbs and hairy descents is amazing.<\/p>\n

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 The Ritchey WCS 10D bars sweep forward from the stem and back to give you 10\u00b0 of bend without changing fit on the bike. This bend is perfect for me.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the profile in the shot above, you can see it is a flat bar, no rise, which is what I ride on a hard tail.<\/p>\n

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At the clamp area the finish is knurled\/grippy to create a non slip interface for the bars and stem.<\/p>\n

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I know there is a huge market for “Alt Bars” with sweep crazy in the 25\u00b0 area. Which is a bit much for this bike. On my snow bike I rock 17\u00b0 bars and love it. But not something I want on my hard tail bike.<\/p>\n

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So if you are always moving your hands on your current bar looking for a better more natural hand position check these bars out.  these bars provide a more comfortable fit and improved control.<\/p>\n

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Ritchey offers these in Super Logic, Carbon WCS, Allow WCS and Pro models to meet all budgets. I might put the Carbons on and move these to my snow bike! <\/p>\n

Check them out here: http:\/\/ritcheylogic.com\/mountain\/bars\/wcs-flat-10d-mountain-bar.html<\/a><\/p>\n