Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars Reviews

Review score: 9.4/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £63.8 – Save 9% (RRP: £69.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars worthy of a review score of 9.4 out of 10.

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Spank Spike 800 Race Riser 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Spank Spike 800 Race Riser 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 Spank 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Spank Spike 800 Race Riser 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £63.8 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.9 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 £63.8.

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 154 cost more than Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars and 172 were cheaper.

Cost of Spank products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 120 products from Spank, of which 17 were in the Handlebars category.

For now though we’re looking at Spank branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £110.36 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Spank product we found was £4.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £379.99.

Of the 120 from Spank, 67 were more expensive than Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars and 52 were cheaper.

How much are Spank Handlebars?

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

The average price of the 17 products that match this search was £68.39, with the cheapest coming in at £34.99 and highest price was £89.99. With the average being £68.39, Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars comes in below average.

9 products that meet this search were more expensive than Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars and 7 were cheaper.

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Spank Spike 800 Race Riser 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.8 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars or another similar product, like Deda Elementi Superleggera RS Handlebar 2017 reviews or Zipp SL-70 Aero Handlebar 2018 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 Spank, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Spank Spike 800 Race Riser 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 9.4/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010929963
• Product ID 2: 573011UK
• Brand: Spank
• Model number: E0377R50A071SPK
• RRP: £69.99
• EAN: 4717760767666
• Description: Spank Spike 800 Race Riser BarsThe Spank Spike 800 Race Bar is now in its 6th generation and this version offers you World Cup quality performance without breaking the bank. Spank industries developed this bar along with some of the world’s top DH and Enduro pros and utilised a unique construction of Super-6 aluminium, Spank’s patented CNC bending, and their Dual-Extreme-Gradual Taper (XGT) technology.Performance Optimised Race BarThe result of this collaboration and advanced construction has resulted in a handlebar that is stronger, safer and performance optimised. The Spank Spike 800 Race has an ideal geometry for control and a low weight, making it perfect for aggressive All Mountain, Enduro or Downhill Racing.Features: Material: Super Six MGR Aluminium with CNC bending Finish: Shotpeen anodised, decal logos Dual XGT taper technology with impact ends Diameter:¬†31.8mm Upsweep: 4¬∞ Backsweep: 8¬∞ Length:¬†800mm (can be cut to 740mm) Usage: Enduro, Freeride Weight:¬†From 300g (15mm rise version)Technologies:Dual XGT (Extreme Gradual Taper) Technology: This is a proprietary tube drawing process that tapers the bars from the thickest area at the bar clamping zone, slowly and gradually through the bend zones, to the thinnest areas at the control zones and back to thicker reinforced bar end zones, or ‚ÄúImpact Ends‚Äù. Spank has utilized FEA (Finite Element Analysis), laboratory, and rigorous real world testing to optimise the spread of material to where it is needed to withstand the specific forces at work in each zone, while offering better protection against crashes than ever before! The extreme precision enabled by Dual XGT drawing processes also eliminates the need for heavy hand grinding, which can result in imperfections and inconsistency in wall thickness.Impact Ends: The Impact Ends reduce the chance of collapse in areas where the wall is thinner and in heavy impacts. These can also be used to support bar ends in the relevant disciplinesCNC Bending: The precision of 3D CNC Bending in a single fixture allows Spank to optimise their designs further and to eliminate the heavy grinding process, making their bars lighter, stronger, and safer! Spank has also taken extra work hardening steps to ensure the stem clamping area of the bar is uniformly cylindrical and true, and as tough as possibleSuper-6 Aluminium: This is a specially blended, highly magnesium-silicon enriched, work hardened alloy. Super-6 offers the perfect mix of hardness, yield, fatigue life, and a superior ultimate tensile strength to standard 6 series alloys. It is ideal for the creation of thin walled, super stiff handlebars. Through recent adoption of Super-6 materials, Spank’s Spike, Subrosa, and Oozy handlebars are now stronger and show greater resistance to deformation than ever before!Buy¬†Spank Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Handlebars
• Savings percentage from RRP: 9%
• Size: 31.8mm
• Unisex
• 6.19
• 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 Spank Spike 800 Race Riser Bars included,
Profile Design ADL Aerobar 2017 reviews, Cinelli Ram 3 Carbon Road Handlebar reviews, or we really liked the look of Cinelli Neos Carbon Road Handlebar reviews as another alternative.