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He's talking about a shop not stocking them.. simple fact is carbon bikes people buy, carbon posts are a piss easy "upgrade" for most people who think they will improve the ride. Carbon bottle cages complete the picture and can be fitted by even the most spako gimboid. People don't walk into a shop and browse a pile of carbon bars, take a set home and then tape them.. fit their levers and adjust their headset, etc. because that's what bike shops do. Most people that would be buying carbon bars would be wheeling their De Rosa, S-Works, etc. into the shop and saying "I want carbon bars.. and some of those nice carbon wheels that fast people ride in the Tour, thanks, here's my Amex". In other words.. Joe Blogs isn't generally going to be hunting in the shops bargain bin for a set of carbon Cinellis.