The handlebar is one of the most important components on your road bike. Along with your saddle and pedals, it's one of the three major contact points and, crucially, it controls your steering and how ...

Carbon handlebars can be a useful upgrade to your road bike. They’re likely to be lighter than the stock bars that your bike came with, which on all but the highest bike specs are likely to be alloy.

There are many ways of adjusting your bike fit, but handlebar reach is often overlooked. As explained in our guide to road bike geometry, reach is typically described as the horizontal distance ...

Aero handlebars will have a reduced frontal profile and a wing-like shape, so there’s less to cut through the air and airflow ...