Looking for a great, cost effective handlebar for your gravel bike? Gravel riding is really nothing new to Tom Ritchey. Long before it was a cycling genre, it was just what you did, either on a road or cross bike. Many Ritchey bars have variation of the EvoCurve bar shape, that when combined with drop flare, becomes the essential shape and design of today's gravel handlebars. The Comp Butano Alloy Handlebar epitomizes such a bar.

The 6061 aluminum alloy is \resilient and eminently workable at a moderate weight. Designed for the rigors of gravel and adventure riding, the bar must also be strong and resilient to constant vibration and minor wheel impacts. The Comp Butano has such subtle shapes and features, all of which have to be perfectly symmetrical side to side. The design is truly compact, with a 73mm reach and 118mm drop. The ease of transition from position to position is ideal, and the 4° backsweep and 12° flares create added overall width and leverage when in the drops. The 2° flare out allows for a more subtle lever mount angle that still feels natural when on the hoods. The EvoCurve bar top shape has a slight oval section which feels natural and ergonomic without dictating specific positions.

Ritchey has left plenty of 31.8mm round diameter for the Comp Butano to accommodate aerobar extensions. The bar is also compatible with internal Di2 wiring. This handlebar, with all of it's design features, is still reasonable light weight, at 325 grams for size 42cm. Ritchey is offering the Comp Butano from 40-46cm widths, measured center-to-center at the curve- essentially the lever mount zone.