Seven Axiom SLX, 4-season and all-road

Their stem is horrifically ugly though, so have opted for Enve.

But... they have a decal!

I was very annoyed, the Vibe alloy bars are a bloody great shape and they look amazing - routing is laughable, ONLY Di2 and ONLY if your cabling comes out of your head tube AND you buy their fugly stem.

Why does it need their stem?

(I think I need pictures)

Am guessing cabling goes through bars and exits via the stem.

A drill would help there :)

I currently have a pair of the Vibe and Vibe LTD bars at my place if you'd like to come and see - it's fucking laughable - there are only 5 holes on the entire bars.

1 - dead central to stem
2 & 3 - tiny holes just after bar end (Y THO?!)
4 & 5 - Bar ends

The Vibe LTD only have 2 - the bar ends.

Both are back in their packaging with return labels on.

Utter rubbish.

@Velocio
You want to use the Pro Vibe stem? Where is your cable port on the frame?

You ask these things as if I possessed the frame and parts and were putting it together myself.

This is a problem for Cycle Fit to sort out... and if they can't, then whatever, order different things and swap components around.

:)

You can only use the bars with the stem, and only use the bars and stem if your cable routing is through the steerer tube.

You may wish to get Cyclefit to look into this.

I'd be keen to know the solution as will have the same things coming up soon for me.

Some of the bars have this "innegra" stuff going on - I think they may be compatible and properly internally routed - I'm yet to find anywhere that stocks/sells them.

2 & 3 - tiny holes just after bar end (Y THO?!)

LOL, I saw this on the Di2 Bar End Junction manual. Shimanos intention is that you run the e-wire down the drop on the outside, then enter the bar through the little holes in order to plug into junction box.
I thought this was how they expected you to implement internal routing on a basic solid aluminium bar not on their 'Di2 ready' product.
What a joke.
You should just return the vibes on principle, they've used marketing and a lack of accurate info to convince most people that the junction box wont work with their competitors bars for months now.

I was wondering if this were the case. The instruction manuals for the bars have no detail on the cable routing. Fucking ridiculous.

Absolute bollocks isn't it! I thought it was a manufacturing error - like they'd put the holes in the wrong place or not drilled access by the hoods!!

Am guessing a hole near the shifter clamp would need to be big to accommodate different people's lever angles and would weaken the bars. The last inch or so at the end of the bar probably gets flexed a lot less.

Which means you would need custom forks. This sounds really fuc king stupid.

Yeah, either that or

• Dogma F10
  
• Madone 9 series (spacers would look messy as fuck)
  
• Specialized ViAS (spacers would look messy as fuck)
  
  

AFAIK anyway - I just can't see any other way it would work unless I've got the way the stem works completely wrong. I was going to buy the stem but completely gave up after seeing how fucking ridiculous the bars were.

Can I not haz special custom Isen forkz?

get some carbon rack mounts

Of course, they come free as Matt loves them so much.

Am also getting s&s couplers so I can transform my Isen into a tandem too. All as part of the batch build. He is so accommodating.

So yours don't have all these holes?

https://gzmyu4ma9b-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PRO-Vibe-Carbon_aero-Di2-integrated-wing-shaped-carbon-road-handlebar_by-Shimano_routing-openings.jpg

Talbot Forkworks - Never knowingly overbonded.

That is actually happening, but only for the little ones. Stay tuned...

Nope - I was expecting that - they have some bullshit wings built up under the tops - only a few hundred quid aswell.....

#bragainz