Do your hands or wrists hurt after a long ride? Do they ever get numb? The Fred Bar can help.
Resting your elbows or forearms on aero bars can give your hands and wrists a break while riding.
The Fred Bar helps bikepackers install aero bars in a comfortable and convenient posture so you can use aero bars while bikepacking. It’s not about
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The Fred bar absolutely solves a problem, but I wanted to be 100% honest here. I’m 58 and write a 54 cm cutthroat and the reach from the Fred bar area up to the arrow bars is so short it’s almost negligible. so you gain about 4 to 6 cm back and a little bit up but other than that, I didn’t see the value mostly in the arrow bars not the Fred bar. The Fred bar is excellent extremely well-made well engineering, etc. and I understand why the cost is justified but I think it’s more for people in the 5 foot 10 to 6 foot 2 area. As a sidenote, I returned the flip up profile arrow bars, and I’m not sure what to do with the bread bar.
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Anonymous · September 15, 2026
The right tool for the job
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Steven · July 22, 2026
One of the best investments I’ve made for my bike.
I spend a lot of long days in the saddle, and this has made an obvious improvement in comfort and overall ride quality. I ride a Salsa Cutthroat paired with Profile Design aero bars, and this setup has been a great fit for longer rides.
