Hello
I'm looking for an integrated handlebar with a bit of raise. The steering tube of my bike is cut a bit too short, and I want to raise the handlebar with minimum 20, ideally 25-30mm.
Up to now, this seems to be the best contender
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012825351497.html
because
- I have Shimano 105 mechanic, 12 speed, and this one allow for internal routing for 4 cables (two for brakes, two for shifters)
- It's a 20mm raise, 70mm reach, 110 drop, -7degrees. The small reach and small drop are a plus for me. I've found designs similar to Tavelo, with 25mm raise, but -10 degrees, 77mm reach, 123mm drops (for instance, XMCS) - the raise is basically almost canceled by the angle and the reach.
- I need an 9 cm stem, 38 cm top, and a bit of flare (3-4 cm)

Questions:
1. Any feedback about the handlebar that I've found? Any real experiences with this brand - YICHORD (sounds like a weird jazz chord to me ) ?
2. Can you propose me alternatives along the lines of what I need (ideally: integrated, 25-30 mm raise, -7 degrees, 70 reach, 110 drops, 3-4 cm flare, for a size 380/90mm, compatible with internal routing)?

Thank you all

I'm looking for an integrated carbon handlebar with a bit more flare, but not quite gravel.
Ideally, would be 390 mm in the drops (center-to-center) and 350-360 in the top (maxxing aero while staying within the UCI confinements).
130 mm drops, and my stem equiv. should be 110mm.
The angle as low as possible (-7 at least)...
Weight: not above 330 grams.
Budget: max 250 USD.
If this one would have come in a 350-390 variant, I wouldn't have posted: https://www.pandapodium.cc/product/spad-arx-carbon-integrated-handlebar/

This one would have been fine, but this 8 mm rise towards the hoods is pointless for me - it has to help me stay as low as possible.
https://www.lightcarbon.com/road-handlebar_c12

I've checked the previous thread, but since it's quite old, most links don't work.
TYA!

I know RideNow, and they are fine. They are the standard thickness for TPU tubes. Boostor were just a tad thicker.

Hello everybody

Anybody knows what's happening with Boostor TPU tubes, made by Tagoola?
I have been an avid user of them, riding them with great success to podiums both on road and on track cycling. I really liked that they were slightly thicker than regular TPU tubes. The minor weight penalty was irrelevant compared with how they retained air and how puncture-protected they were.
Not to mention that I used them on my gravel bike as well (but my type of gravel is not very harsh), and on my commute bike.

Yet, for several month, they no longer have the product on stock on AliEx.
I initiated a discussion with them through whatsapp, they've told me that AliEx is not allowing them to sell the tubes.
I asked for alternative ways of purchasing the tubes and here the discussion somehow ended.

So, questions:
1. Can you recommend other Chinese TPU tubes that are similar to boostor (i.e. slightly thicker, metal valve, removable core, reinforced junction between valve and tube)?
2. Do you happen to know why AliEx would not allow them to sell the tubes anylonger? Alternative ways of buying them? Why did they vanish with this particular product from AliEx? Is this case indicative of a more general trend, maybe? WHich trend?
Thank you all!

(if relevant, I'm located in EU).

Did you find anything?
I decided to go with FarSports: https://www.wheelsfar.com/products/26mm-wide-rim-brake-disc-wheel-clincher-tubeless.

A bit expensive, but all right!

In a new press release, UCI made a step back ....
The text is somehow ambiguous (not that the diagram above was very clear), but what's new:
- 28 cm between hoods (as opposed to 32cm )
- max 65mm flare (not clear if per each side or in total)
-  remains unclear if 40cm is to be measured in the drops or on the top.
Link: https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/the-uci-takes-important-measures-to-protect-rider-safety-and-health-and/4hnxXGTJRFAAUBHKLtGFQc

Well, that's a lovely piece of news. Cheers to Peter!

Can you provide me (through personal message) his WhatsApp number?
I only dealt with him by e-mail.

I am sold to Boostor, after using Tubolito (early adopter, expensive AF) - and all versions of RideNow.
Both for my road (28 and 30mm tires) and for my gravel (my gravel is in fact a sort of all road ... 42mm tires).

Why?
- they are slightly thicker: keep pressure better and resist better to punctures (in fact, a single puncture since spring, and that was due to my mistake - snakebite because I didn't check the pressure, and went through a tarmac hole, while the pressure was too low).
- they have metal valve with removable core.
- the weight penalty is 4 or 5 grams over the latest standard version of RideNow - almost insignificant.
- very good reinforcement at the valve - tube junction.



Cons:
- their tube for gravel covers 32-43mm. For recent wider tires, might not be enough?
- they are quite pricey for Aliexpress standards: pretty much like the latest generation of RideNow.
- if only, in this money, they would come with some patches, as RideNow does....

As a general impression: TPU tubes seem to be great for higher pressures, not so great for lower pressures. Quite vulnerable to puncturing when they're not inflated towards the upper limit (at least compared to butyle, where the increased elasticity of the material might help).
I've stopped riding CX for two years, otherwise I'd have been very curious to test them in CX races (Tubolito proved unreliable - a significant number of punctures)... but CX is standard tubeless territory anyway.
BUT.... I'll test these Boostor in winter, for track cycling... let's see how they handle really high pressures on 23mm tires .