The EXL range is for riders who want it all without compromise. Elegant form and no-nonsense function. Employing unidirectional carbon fibre, finely controlled to create strength, stiffness and vibration-damping compliance at exactly the locations and angles it’s needed, EXL sheds grammes everywhere else. It’s a material that wastes nothing. EXL’s stiffness ensures every single watt of your power goes, down into the ground where it should while tuned compliance means vibration can’t come back up. Hardwearing graphics, strong and reliable hardware and aerospace-grade alloy clamp components generate rugged off-road strength at road-race weights.
Tough, unidirectional carbon design delivers extreme strength at minimal weight.
- Aligned fibres of unidirectional carbon allow a very precise layup for huge strength
- 9º backsweep and 4º upsweep
- Natural wrist angle for comfort, control and security on the roughest trails
- High strength doesn’t mean unforgiving rigidity
- Careful design makes use of carbon fibre’s natural ability to damp out trail buzz
- Riser Bars
- 20mm rise makes this ideal for regaining height lost when swapping to shorter stems
- Weight is very low for a bar this tough, at just 240g for the 800mm option
About ControlTech
Reliability: Controltech USA knows the combination of sound engineering and high-quality materials practically guarantees the lifelong performance you expect. They never compromise their designs at the expense of low-quality materials. They use only premium grade raw material of aerospace quality.
Ingenuity: Controltech is, and always has been, a global leader in component design. The state-of-the-art manufacturing technology would be nothing without the cutting-edge innovation of Global Research and Development Team.
Quality: A precise, unflinching view of manufacturing tolerances and meticulous craftsmanship are the hallmarks of Controltech components. Craftsman-level alloy welding and carbon layup are hallmarks of their designs. Plus of course, the use only premium-grade raw materials in the first place.
Value: Though the greatest innovation takes place on the cutting edge of material science, manufacturing processes and product design, there’s such a thing as ’trickle down.’ Today’s no-expense-spared prototype is tomorrow’s easily-obtained standard. ControlTech work hard to create a range that covers every riding style, every rider and every budget – without ever sacrificing class-leading performance.