The newly released RatKing Orodruin Bars have just the right amount of rise and sweep for any style of riding, and they’re heat-treated for increased yield strength and fatigue life. Check them out here…

To fully understand the benefits of the new Ratking Orodruin handlebars, which are handmade in Seattle, Washington, we must first understand what “heat-treated” actually means. As Smith Levi, Ratking’s founder, explains it, heat-treating increases the yield strength and fatigue life of steel by affecting four properties: hardness, strength, toughness, and ductility. Here are some short definitions that Smith provided.

Hardness: The steel’s surface resistance to scratching and denting. It plays a relatively small role in handlebars, but helps them resist cosmetic damage and clamp marks.

Strength: How much load the bar can take before permanently deforming. Higher yield strength means the bar bends less under extreme force and is more likely to return to its original shape. These bars are stronger than non-heat-treated 4130.

Toughness: The ability to absorb energy from impacts without cracking or breaking.

Ductility: How much the bar can bend before fracturing.

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The new RatKing Orodruin Bars are Smith’s first heat-treated handlebars, and they’re designed to maintain the same flex as normalized 4130 bars under typical riding, but because of the heat-treated finish, they’ll return to their original form when standard 4130 bars might deform.

The Orodruin Bars have a 13.5° sweep and 50mm rise when installed at an 80° angle. They have a 22.2mm clamp diameter, a generous 875mm width, and a 275mm control grip length. They look like a great all-rounder flat bar for all-terrain style riding or for anyone who wants some extra height in the cockpit.

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As always, Ratking is offering the Orodruin Bars at three different price tiers: regular ($135 USD), supported ($100), and supporting ($160). Learn more about the different price tiers here.

The Orodruin Bars are available now from RatkingFrames.com.

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