These Pro Vibe Superlight bars are a weight weenie's dream
Just when you though that it was safe to retrieve your wallet from hiding, the team at Pro have brought out something rather special to get weight weenies everywhere reaching for that credit card. Remember the old Pro Vibe bars? You know, the pretty light ones? Well they're the old, heavy ones now because the new Vibe Superlight bars have set a new benchmark for weight. They're 15% lighter. Yep, you read that right, they've taken a 215g bar and chopped it down to 175g (for a 40cm) which, relatively speaking, is absolutely loads. Imagine if you chopped 15% out of a UCI limit 6.8kg road bike, suddenly you'd have a 5.78kg climbing weapon.
How have they done it? Well the new Superlight bars are made from the same T800 UC carbon as the old ones, but this is infused with InnegraTM fibres woven into the layup which add extra security to the construction, which is how they're so much lighter but still safe to ride.
They've also done the same to the Pro Vibe Aero bars, dropping the weight from 245g for a 40cm bar to just 195g, so they're lighter than the old Vibe round bars now. Oh, and both also have chrome decals, which are a super cool touch and match the new Pro Stealth Chrome saddle if you're the sort of person that likes their finishing kit to match.
Of course, stuff like this is bound to be expensive and you'll be looking at £299.99 for the round bars and £324.99 for the aero versions. But if you're trying to build the lightest bike possible then you've probably already reisgned yourself to having a far lighter wallet as well, right?
