Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar Review

Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar Reviews

Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £12.99 – Save 13% (RRP: £14.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.

Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar Review


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Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar features

Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar specs

Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Handlebars found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Material: Aluminium

Other Handlebars found with this Spec: 762

Spec 3

Width: 720mm

Other Handlebars found with this Spec: 5

Spec 4

Diameter: 31.8mm

Other Handlebars found with this Spec: 244

Feature 1

Width: 720mm

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Clamp Diameter: 31.8mm

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 52

Feature 3

Sweep: 9 degree backsweep

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Material: 6061 double butted aluminium

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 4

Feature 5

Rise: Zero rise

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Finish: Sand blasted and anodised for fatigue resistance and durability

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Graphics: All laser etched. Includes centre and  incremental lines

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

EN-M Approved

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 9

Feature 9

Colour: Black

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 33

Feature 10

Weight: 282 grams

Other Handlebars found with this feature: 1

Price

£12.99

Number of Reviews

29

Review Score

4.4 / 5

Average score in category: 4.6/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Handlebars. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Handlebars. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Handlebars. Brands like Brand-X are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Handlebars category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Handlebars.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £12.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Handlebars

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Handlebars.

We found 327 in the Handlebars category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £92.73, making it below average at £12.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Handlebars. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £629.95, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.99.

With 327 products available we worked out that 313 cost more than Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar and 9 were cheaper.

Cost of Brand-X products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 75 products from Brand-X, of which 7 were in the Handlebars category.

For now though we’re looking at Brand-X branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £31.46 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Brand-X product we found was £0.49 and the highest price we could find from them was £299.99.

Of the 75 from Brand-X, 27 were more expensive than Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar and 42 were cheaper.

How much are Brand-X Handlebars?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Brand-X products that are listed in the Handlebars category.

The average price of the 7 products that match this search was £27.56, with the cheapest coming in at £8.99 and highest price was £69.99. With the average being £27.56, Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar comes in below average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar and 2 were cheaper.


Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Handlebars category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.6 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar or another similar product, like Brand-X Carbon Ergo Racing Road Bar reviews or Brand-X Road Racing Bars reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Handlebars.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Handlebars. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Brand-X, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.5/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010929423
  • Product ID 2: 427641UK
  • Brand: Brand-X
  • Model number: BXFLTBAR720BLK
  • RRP: £14.99
  • EAN: 5056097083360
  • Description: Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat BarThe Brand-X Flat handlebar comes with a zero degree rise and a flat top: for the rider who wants keep the front end low; Ideal for a 29” or 27.5” bike where the front tends to be higher than you would want.These come in a trail friendly 720mm width, with a 9 Degree backsweep to ensure they are comfortable. Manufactured from double butted 6061 Aluminium; they are strong where they need to be, yet still lightweight. They feature a sand blasted and anodised finish for fatigue resistance and durability. All graphics are laser etched including centre and incremental markings to make positioning and cutting down nice and easy.Features:Width: 720mmClamp Diameter: 31.8mm Sweep: 9 degree backsweepMaterial: 6061 double butted aluminiumRise: Zero riseFinish: Sand blasted and anodised for fatigue resistance and durabilityGraphics: All laser etched. Includes centre and¬† incremental lines EN-M ApprovedColour: BlackWeight: 282 gramsBuy¬†Brand-X Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Handlebars
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 13%
  • Size: 31.8mm
  • Unisex
  • 2
  • Adult

Other options for Handlebars

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Handlebars. 327 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Brand-X Mountain Bike Flat Bar included,
Brand-X Trekking High Rise Bar reviews, Deda Elementi Superleggera Road Handlebar reviews, or we really liked the look of Deda Elementi Crononero Low Rider Tri Bar reviews as another alternative.

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