I don't understand how companies market their gravel handlebars, especially when it comes to flare. They do mention a flare in degrees, then a width at the hoods and a width at the drops. Two examples I can't get together in my head:
- Enve G-series bar, marketed 12 D flare. Width in hoods: 42cm. Width in drops: 54cm - Easton AX bar, marketed 16D flare. Width in hoofds 42cm. Width in drops: 48.8cm
Both bars have a 120 drop. I thought more flare means a bigger difference in width between hoods and drops. What am I missing here?
Most likely depends on their method/standard of measurement... some handlebar mfrs measure their bar widths Center-to-Center and others will measure Outside-to-Outside, the degree of flare can be taken from the center of the hood or from the transition to the top... look for the fine print and see if you can compare a technical line drawing that shows the dimensions and from which points they took their measurements.
Have you seen whatbars.com? Not sure if these specific models are up there or not. But the site allows you to overlay different handlebars onto a grid for comparison of exactly this type of stuff. It’s pretty amazing.
the whatbars site is a great concept but poorly executed in that it doesn't have the different sizes of bars available for a particular bar, i'm not sure but it seems arbitrary what size is available for comparison.
if i'm missing some sort of setting on the website to change bar sizes, do tell!
