It's adjustable, yet still solid-as-a-rock, for outstanding feedback and a feeling of "connectedness". Nothing in the system has been taken lightly or casually, and the six key features tell the story best. So here's what you get with every BR series Cycle Cat multi-adjustable bar mounting system.
1. Quick and Easy Access to Adjustment without removing anything
The riser incorporates a clamp design which permits easy, immediate access to adjustment. Locating the bar clamp screws on top, clear and free of obstructions, makes it a 2 minute job to adjust bar angle.
2. Feedback, control, and precision through rock-solid clamping
At the heart of it all is bar angle adjustment. To build a system which provides such adjustment in a solid, stable system, Cycle Cat designed and built collet-type sleeves, not only to provide 8 degrees of angle adjustment, but to hold the handlebars as if the two parts are one. They're so secure, strong, and precise, in fact, that they are the same type of clamping system used to hold tooling in our high-speed milling machines. The results are evenly applied clamping force across the entire surface of the bar end, and feeling like the bars and clamp are welded fast. To the rider, this translates to excellent feedback, control, and precision in handling, with no compromises.
3. Engraved graduations for angle setting makes multiple sets and bar balancing precise and easy
Setting bar angle to one's physical build and style of riding can provide mind-blowing results in terms of comfort, handling, endurance, and confidence. With Cycle Cat BR series bar mounting systems, the angle can typically be adjusted infinitely within a range of 8 degrees. Infinite adjustment makes it possible to set it exactly where you want it, but it could also make it excruciating to set and reset the bars, or get the two bars equal, were it not for the scale engraved right into the riser head. Now, all you have to do is set the mark on the adjustment sleeve to the same hash mark on both risers, and its done. Spot on.
4. Expanded range of positioning for brake and clutch controls
The location of the bar clamp screws on top of the riser allowed Cycle Cat to design the lower portion of the clamping head with expanded clearance for controls (such as master cylinders). This space permits wider and easier adjustment of the rotational position of the clutch and brake controls, and gives the rider an expanded capability for dialing in the fit of the bike.
5. More engineering for feedback and control
Well, you may take this feature for granted, but with all that's going on with a BR series riser, it wasn't so easy to accomplish. Cycle Cat now locates the fork tube clamp around the side of the fork tube clamp ring. What it does, in effect, is increase the evenness and clamping force of the system. The objective is the same as with the adjustment sleeve - a rock-solid, welded-in feeling, for maximum feedback and control.
6. Handlebars built for strength with minimal mass
As one observer put it, "...man, these ain't tubing!" Cycle Cat handlebars are CNC machined out of solid aluminum bars, and anodized. Why? Because only by the machining the bar inside and out can we make it the best-performing bar possible. Cycle Cat bars are solid where they clamp to the riser, providing a rock-solid clamping surface, and a location for a redundant (for safety) retaining screw, also used to relocate fluid reservoirs. The solid end also serves to dampen vibration. On the inside, the bars are step/taper bored, getting thicker as they approach the riser. This internal contour is intended to make the bars as light as possible while maximizing their strength, rigidity, and vibration damping. In addition, wherever applications permit, Cycle Cat bars are a bit longer than stock, providing increased leverage, and for many riders, a perceptible change in responsiveness without sacrificing stability.
