Thomson Trail C handlebar review
Carbon bars with a firm ride feel
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Thomson made the bold move into bars a couple of years ago and this glossy carbon Trail C model is an unsurprisingly perfect match for its glossy CNC machined stems.
- Weight: 211g
- Width: 750mm
- Rise: 12mm
- Backsweep: 6 degrees
- Upsweep: 4 degrees
Instead of a generic nine/five shape, Thomson has gone for an aggressive forward hand position from just a six-degree sweep for these bars. The rise is low too, and this is matched with a firm ride feel that puts the trail surface right into your palms.
There’s a flat 730mm version too, if you want an even more attacking feel up front too.
The Trail C bars are 750mm wide, with cutting marks provided if you want them a bit shorter
The 750mm width here gives plenty of technical section taming leverage and tough, nano resin unidirectional carbon gets a skin of cross-woven 1.5K carbon at the tips for safe chopping – or crashing.
Considering the premium Thompson could have charged, it’s reasonably priced too.
This article was originally published in Mountain Biking UK magazine, available on Apple Newsstand and Zinio.
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Product Specifications
Product
| Name | Name, 0, 10, Name, Trail C (15) |
| Brand | Brand, 0, 20, Brand, Thomson |
| Description | Description, 2, 0, Description, Backsweep 6° : Upsweep 4° |
| Weight (g) | Weight (g), 2, 0, Weight (g), 211 |
| Width (mm) | Width (mm), 2, 0, Width (mm), 750 |
| Handlebar Rise | Handlebar Rise, 2, 0, Handlebar Rise, 12 |
| Material | Material, 2, 0, Material, Carbon |
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