Just 10 months after they debuted their wildly expensive $1200 SES AR bar, and now ENVE has another one just as expensive called the SES Aero Pro bar. It features a different design for angled-in hoods, different flare, narrower sizes, and even more integrated cable routing. ENVE teased us earlier this year that we could ride the same cockpit as Tadej Pogačar, but now we finally can, as long as our pocketbooks can handle it…
ENVE SES Aero Pro $1200 1-piece carbon road cockpit
When ENVE launched the $1200 AR bar back in January, they suggested that was the bar they developed for Pogačar. Well sort of.
In reality, ENVE said then that Pogi’s bar was still pro-only for a while longer. We’d actually seen it all the way back two summers ago. Now you can get one too, to get that same narrower hand position, but with comfortable room for your wrists in the drops and angled-in hoods.
“When it comes to performance, having a stiff but comfortable handlebar is really important. If you spend so many hours in the saddle like I do, then any contact point with the bike is key and little details make a big difference. I must say I’m really happy with what ENVE have produced for us both with their wheels and handlebars. They take on board feedback from us riders and deliver it into their products.”
– Tadej Pogačar
What’s new?
The biggest functional difference is that this new ENVE SES Aero Pro bar uses a straight flare from the hoods which angles your levers out at the bottom and allows slightly turned-in hoods up top for the narrowest modern road racing position. Compare it to the compound bend flare of the AR. The flare here is also a bit less, so the drops are 3cm wider than the hoods (vs. 5cm wider on the AR).
ENVE also manufactures this new SES Aero Pro bar as a 1-piece carbon monocoque construction, unlike the more modular AR bar. It also gets a smoother top that favors less bar tape – carefully wrapped from the first bend in the tops of the bar for the cleanest look. And so it also features fully enclosed internal cable routing inside the bar to keep your cables out of the wind, unlike the more accessible cable channels on the AR bar that would most often end up under bar tape.
Tech details
- handmade 1-piece monocoque carbon road bike bar + stem cockpit
- compact curve with 129mm drop & 79mm reach
- ~6.75° flare for 1.5cm of extra width on each side (3cm wider at the drops vs. hoods)
- available in 37cm, 39cm & 41cm widths, measured center-co-center at the hoods (no 35cm option, though)
- designed to allow more inward-angled shift/brake lever position
- -7° stem angle
- available in 90mm, 100mm, 110mm, 120mm, 130mm & 140mm stem lengths (not Pogačar’s 125mm)
- In-Route integrated full internal cable routing
- custom K-Edge out-front GPS mount included
- includes 40mm of integrated In-Route stem/steerer spacers (2x 5mm, 3x 10mm)
- compatible with external routing with 1x 10mm bypass spacer, included
- integrated bar end plus for clean bar tape finishing
- made in Ogden, UT, USA
- 345-365g claimed weight (varies with length & width)
ENVE SES Aero Pro – Pricing, options & availability
It’s hard to ignore the exorbitant $1200 price tag of the new ENVE SES Aero Pro bar. It’s hard to ignore. But such is the price of a pro road bike setup, I guess.
For that price you get to pick from 90, 100, 110, 120, 130 & 140mm long stems and 37, 39, or 41cm wide bars.
Officially, all sizes are available now directly from ENVE, and through their regular retail channels. But the handmade nature and high price of the SES Aero Pro bar also means that this new cockpit is only available in relatively slow numbers. And once they sell out the size you might be looking for, it could be a bit of a wait until it’s back in stock.
