Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars Reviews

Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £25.15 – Save 10% (RRP: £27.95)

Take a look now to discover what makes Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Ritchey
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars features

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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars 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 Ritchey 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.

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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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars.

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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £25.15 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.9 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 £25.15.

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 279 cost more than Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars and 46 were cheaper.

Cost of Ritchey products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 119 products from Ritchey, of which 31 were in the Handlebars category.

For now though we’re looking at Ritchey branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £69.11 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Ritchey product we found was £1.19 and the highest price we could find from them was £1129.00.

Of the 119 from Ritchey, 61 were more expensive than Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars and 56 were cheaper.

How much are Ritchey Handlebars?

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

The average price of the 31 products that match this search was £77.81, with the cheapest coming in at £19.99 and highest price was £359.99. With the average being £77.81, Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars comes in below average.

25 products that meet this search were more expensive than Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars and 4 were cheaper.

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Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars 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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.4 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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars or another similar product, like Ritchey Classic Evocurve Handlebar 2020 reviews or Ritchey Comp Curve Handlebar 2020 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.

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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 Ritchey, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars. 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 9.1/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25308843161
• Product ID 2: 749303UK
• Brand: Ritchey
• Model number: 30435317026
• RRP: £27.95
• EAN: 796941308281
• Description: Ritchey Comp Rizer BarsThis superb riser bar is perfect for adrenaline-fuelled MTB adventures as it offers a shallow rise and gentle sweep for outstanding comfort and control. It features a double-butted 6061 aluminium construction which makes it immensely tough on challenging runs. Ritchey has also set the benchmark for robustness with this model by giving it a bead-blasted finish for additional durability. Extra-Wide Riser BarKeeping you turning with precision, this version is equipped with an extra-wide grip area which allows for plenty of room for your components and remotes. This is an ideal choice of upgrade for riders who want a strong off-road steering companion at an affordable price.Features: Material: Double-butted 6061 Aluminium Finish: Bead blasted Diameter: 31.8mm Sweep: 9 degrees Width: 740mm Clamp Diameter: 31.8mm Weight: 380g (approx)Buy Ritchey Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Handlebars
• Savings percentage from RRP: 10%
• Size: 31.8mm
• Unisex
• 2.8
• Adult

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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 Ritchey Comp Rizer Bars included,
Ritchey Comp Streem III Handelbar 2020 reviews, Ritchey Comp Flat Handlebar 2020 reviews, or we really liked the look of TAG Metals T1 Carbon Riser Bars reviews as another alternative.