You won’t find any carbon in Spank’s line up, regardless of the product. Aluminium is very much where Spank have put all their chips and that is evident in the Spike series. Spank have set out to make their alloy bars as good, if not better than carbon offerings. Their Super 6 alloy is already light to begin with, and their Extreme Gradual Taper takes the tapering of other bars to new heights. Two stage tapering ensures all the strength is where it is needed, and much like Thomson’s bars, they have impact ends to deal with them coming into contact with the ground. The Spike bars have been designed specifically to have good damping characteristics, making these one of the comfiest DH bars out there. Coming in at 280g for the smallest rise, they are one of the lightest here and it’s no surprise considering the thought and technology that has gone into these. You would expect a bar of this quality to fetch more than the £55 asking price as well. Three rises and a suitably wide 777m width take care of all possibilities, while a 6 degree back-sweep and 4 degree up-sweep make this bar one of the comfiest going.

Price: £59.99

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