Flex This is a carbon bar without the harshness of typical carbon bars. Just because it's carbon bro doesn't make it comfortable. It's hard to make a carbon bar that has controlled flex and is still strong at the same time. So you usually get the later with a load of stiffness as the manufacturers do not want your bars breaking on impact. SQlab and Syntace bars are the only brands that have survived the Bike Magazine break test. They call it the Zedler end of life test, which literally thrashes handlebars and components until the break and splinter. The 311 FLX was designed to add a lot more comfort to the front of your bike, giving up to 30% more damping than others. We don't need to tell you how much better a comfortable bar feels after a long ride. You are probably think more flex means more comfor - this is not correct. Excessive flex will introduce oscillations and vague handling. By optimising the fibers at the flex points it behaves more like a compressed spring, which is able to dissipate the energy rather than containing it which has no where to go and then the oscillations begin. Not only is the carbon FLX comfy as, they come in at a svelte 200g. If you still think the radical backsweep is weird try a pushup with your shoulders externally rotated (fingers faced inwards) now try a pushup with your shoulder rotated internally (fingers faced outwards) - feel those lats firing? That's the magic to getting the load off your stabiliser muscles and getting the larger muscle groups working. A note on durability - Syntace and SQlab are the only handlebar manufacturer that survived the Bike Magazine break test - without damage. That's 300,000 load changes with up to 1600Nm. 16º back sweep 4º up sweep 0mm Stretch 15mm, 30mm rise options 200g 740mm width - can be cut to 720mm Stem clamp 31.8mm
