RedShift What Have You Done? Top Shelf Handlebar First Look

red shift have done it again or have they the engineering brains behind the products that Jimmy hates that he loves Dam you red shift have released a brand new handlebar The topshelf Handlebar this is a drop bar with 50 mm or 70 mm rise with an aim to make your riding position more comfortable the bar comes in three different widths 44 47 and 50 cm but bear in mind these are flared fairly aggressively so your actual lever position on these 44 CM bars is 38 CM a lot more sensible should you put them on the bike it looks a lot better than I thought it was going to I think is everything on it is black I can't believe you know you you know how I spoke about this before it arrived and I was I was almost furious at it it kind of looks all right not that looks for everything but helps doesn't it the base of this bar and the general shape is exactly the same as their kitchen sink handlebar which is loved by many it has the same amount of flare the same drop depth and it comes in the same measurements so 44 is the smallest one they do personally I wish they made one size smaller cuz I want to go a bit narrower something to note is that the bar is a smaller diameter than a typical road bike bar it's kind of more in line with a mountain bike so if you're going to put your access accories on it make sure You' got your adapters so that they fit the added benefit of this top bar is you've got a lot more space for bike computers lights all of those things Although our Mount is actually very efficient it's got a light and a head unit on it so we need to get more things oh where's the duck Tada we are aware of there being two other Riser bars available there's one by specialized called the hover which has about 15 mil of rise and there's also one by a company called genetic which has 20 mm of r R so this bar differs in that it has significantly more rise than both of those being 50 and 70 MM 70 mm that's crazy isn't it this is 50 and it's it's like riding in the clouds it's like a [Music] chopper These Bars mean a lot of weight on my ass and not much on my hands not for me [Music] you looked more normal than I thought you like when you when you're around that bike it feels like a barge it feels like it's going to be massive but I sat on it and it kind of felt normal but very high you riding it kind of looks normal until you got out of the saddle and then it just looks like a mountain bike I think it's fair to say this product is not for me but that's absolutely okay okay and I think there are a lot of use cases where this would come in handy there's been very mixed reactions online I think it's got posted around on Instagram a few times the picture of this bar has caused a bit of a stir and there's a lot of people saying this is pointless stupid Innovation why would anyone want it buy the right sized bike I get that but not everyone can buy the right sized bike or they don't want to buy the right sized bike what if your guy in his 40s and you've got your dream bike you spend lots of money on it it's a steel frame it fits you perfectly and then you hit 60 but you want to carry on riding your frame and you need a more relaxed position that's what these bars are for without having to do a flippy stem which does affect the reach of your bike as well so you have to bear that in mind but also it doesn't look as good I think from the front at least these look neater than a flipped up stem and some people that might matter to am I being too kind yes it looks atrocious which is like athe it's not all about Aesthetics I appreciate that but it does look atrocious apart from directly in the front because it just looks a bit old like an old school like mountain bike or BMX or something rather but from everywhere else it looks hideous the main reason I'm not a fan of it is it upsets me that it it has to exist in the first place there's so many bikes being sold that are not correct for the person buying them you know if if you're spending 500 quid £2,000 £5,000 on a bike and it isn't isn't the right size for you and it isn't very comfortable for you you're def you know you're going to look for a solution that cost you £100 so that you can keep your bike rather than have to FAU around with selling it probably lose money so it upsets me that this product does have a place I wish bikes were just more relaxed in the first place I just wish there was better geometry out there for normal people and people didn't focus on buying stuff that were for Racers and professional cyclists and just buy stuff that's more suitable as Francis said in some scenarios it's a good product the bit I'm not a huge fan of is the 13 odd pound price tag 14040 price tag what's is going on yeah we've entered we've entered a classic Northern Storm where the sun is beautiful it's nice and warm but we're going to get blown away back to the studio seeing as this is mailbox Monday do you want to open some more stuff yes please sadly we're not going to be able to because it's already open okay do you remember that time we filmed the video and what was the video I can't remember what it was I'll find it and I'll put it in here so if you can find a bike that has no Creeks to start with it's a green flag where's the green why hav't we got a green flag Francis it's all red flags we we had a we had a flag system but we had no Flags about a week after that some Flags arrived and it didn't say who they came from so whoever sent us Flags thank you very much whoever sent us these green flag Jesus oh my God that's the heaviest thing in the world it's so heavy we've lifted a lot of heavy things over the last couple of days that is that's it's the smallest heaviest thing I've ever picked up yeah lyly does can we weigh it what does that up to 3,000 G by way as you all know we build bikes in this space and currently have a bike stand that our bike mechanic Nick Vier constantly complains about so thanks to park tool for sending us a big upgrade a big black [Music] Square get I don't want to put my fingers under it like case you drop it [Music] this is so unnecessary but it is a good bit of kit do not go out and buy one for your house because you won't be able to move it but Nick is going to be very happy with [Music] us it's meant to sound like that all right it's meent to it's so good it's like life changing give the old one to charity the main reason we've got this stand is that we are actually going to drop some bike build videos on this channel some of you will know that I actually have my own YouTube channel called Jimmy media where I do bike builds of Nick Vier and we're actually going to drop some of the more unique ones on the main Cade media channel and to get Nick to build an our studio he demanded a proper bike stand so here we are a professional bike mechanics bike stand and it is beautiful this is a stupid bar and actually it's not a [Music]

Channel: Cade Media

Views: 59,289

Keywords: cycling, bike, cyclist, race, bicycle, road, francis, cade, tips, bikefitting, beginner, mechanic, carbon, frame, redshift, handlebar

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Length: 8min 4sec (484 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 22 2024