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Category: Ritchey
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Published on Wednesday, 16 December 2009 07:22
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Written by Luca Salvatelli
Perfect ergonomics for a hard handlebar but comfortable
The Company
Tom Ritchey fully embodies the hope of American "self made man ", after a career of cycling and respectable with a deep and genuine passion for cycling decides to get in their starting to build components for bicycles. His passion for cycling to 360 degrees led him to be one of the discoverers of the mtb phenomenon. Always attentive to the quality and technology, its products are characterized by increasingly innovative features, quality materials, weight and performance to competition. For this soon becomes a reference point for fans. The success led him to expand slowly, to all sectors of the bike is in the aftermarket and in the original equipment. So today Ritchey has become one of the reference components for bicycles.
The range Ritchey
The range of components Ritchey is practically infinite both for mtb bike and road bike. Specials range is the huge gap in price of its products from the most simple and cost, to more sophisticated and evolved, the WCS series. This allows everyone to find a product not only suited to its technical requirements, but also in its own economic needs. The range is very wide handlebars is very broad and includes at its height models WCS Carbon promptly after the model we tested.
Handlebar we test: WCS Logic road
The proof is in turn based on a thick tube three times in light alloy. The diameter of the attack is 31.8 mm, then that size is reduced in the socket of the hands. The Logic has anatomic the handle and a drop of 144 millimeters, while the reach is 82 mm. The dimensions are 40, 42 and 44 inches, measured center-center. Two finishes available, shiny or matte black. The stated weight of 225 grams, while we found 230 gr with our instrumentation.
The road test
The handlebar is easy to mount and the appropriate grooves facilitate the arrangement of cables. The surface is perfect with a nice shiny black. Moving it appreciates the perfect ergonomics. Taking high confortable is convenient and suited to small hands. The anatomical shape is perfect and keep a safe and not particularly strenuous. It is nice, well, spend some time with his hands down making the most of the aerodynamic position and without warning hassle hands. Is the correct distance from the levers, which improves the safety and pleasure of cycling. The rigidity is excellent and at every opportunity, both for such rigidity is the perfect ergonomics is always a pleasant sensation of security and control. The stiffness, however, means little comfort on the disjointed that can be mitigated by using a good tape, preferably in gel.
Conclusions
The road handlebar WCS Logic has detected very good, perfect in its ergonomics. A quality product, as good finishes, which in ease of use his best weapon. His conformation always have a safe, but above all comfortable. It is hard, and this will please the most athletes, but little confortable, but without reaching high levels. In fact, just a good tape to allow a good level of comfort.
The price
The price is around 83.00 Euros, proportionate to benefits and product quality.
Is suitable for
Athlete: is light, stiff and comfortable for a good agonist.
Cycling-tourist: comfort is more than good and a good tape can be comfortable even over long distances, a good buy.
Positive aspects
Ergonomics
Construction quality
Low weight
Stiffness
Negative aspects
Little comfort on the disjointed
For further informations:
Ritchey International, Ltd.
Via Cantonale 2
Grancia-Lugano
CH-6916
fax: 41 91 960 5221
Web site: www.ritcheylogic.com
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