Anyone Used Cheap Ebay Carbon Handlebars?

A question about : Anyone Used Cheap Ebay Carbon Handlebars?

I'm not enjoying the riding position on my hybrid bicycle just now because it uses straight & narrow handlebars on it where as my mountain bike uses raised wide bars and feels a much better riding position for me.

I'm wanting to try some wide & raised bars on the hybrid to see if this makes it feel comfier to cycle and found these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31-8mm-3K-...item1c4b25954b

They're much cheaper than anywhere else and was wondering if anyone has tried these or any other cheap ebay carbon parts.

I was thinking if i don't like the feel of them on the hybrid i could use them on the mountain bike instead. I'm assuming even cheaper Carbon Fiber is strong enough for bars

Best answers:

• i dont know about handle bars, but i know people who have used the cheap Chinese carbon frames.
  And are usually pretty happy with them
• I think i'll buy them and when they arrive give them a little strength test against my knee.
  I'm sure they're as strong as they need to be, but just have visions in my head of me going at speed, hitting a bump and them failing.
• Hi
  just a warning, a few weeks back I watched the program "fake Britian" and the overseas handle bars were shown being tested {not saying it was this seller} and they collapsed far sooner that the "legal regs" should have and were deemed dangerous.
  I am not trying to put you off getting a deal but as you say the risk while using them could be life changing {they were CF}
• Thanks, all advise is welcome even if it's bad stories.
  I think for the sake of Ј15 i'm going to order them anyway and test their strength bending them over my knee. If they snap during that, then i'm Ј15 down and that's that.
  If they can survive that type of pressure they should be fine for general road cycling as well i'd imagine.
• It's a rigid carbon fork on it and you're right i do get a fair bit of impact on some parts of the road.
  I'm just worried that if i buy a cheap set of alloy ones to try, i'll have the same type of risk involved, and if i buy an expensive set, fit them and then don't like how they feel i potentially wasted a bit more money.
• Alloy will be safer than cheap carbon. You can damage carbon parts just by doing up the bolts a fraction too tight.
• I've watched a few videos on youtube of other types of carbon bars from ebay in action and read some reviews on carbon vs alloy and i think i'm going to do the more annoying option and try my mountain bike handlebars on my hybrid for a while to see how i feel before deciding to purchase a set.
  Thanks again for all the insight folks, good advise as always.
• How much weight will you save by going for carbon instead of alloy 50g? Or is it about vibration?
• It was more i just thought i'd found a bargain and wanted to gauge opinions before buying them.
  I don't like the OEM bars on my hybrid (straight & short) and want to try some riser bars instead. If these were good quality and i didn't like them on my hybrid i'd have fitted them to the mountain bike instead
• Are you accounting for the rise changes in riding position?
  Maybe worth swapping with your MTB first.
  You can get a new Easton riser bar on Ebay for Ј25
• Yeah, it's the riding position i'm not enjoying on it so much because i feel i'm too low at the front.
  I'm thinking perhaps narrow risers might work best.
• would changing the rise on the stem work for you?
• I've no idea. The mountain bike's riding position is much comfier but the whole handlebars sit higher because of the high position of the headtube on it's frame. I could add in some more spacers to the hybrid headset as well but i need my arms to be raised slightly i think.
• If the stem needs changed i'll do that as well.
  I went for these bars in the end
  https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/f...r/rp-prod76483