J&L titanium handlebar - worth a punt or give a wide berth?

[Relliott6879]

Apologies if this thread covers old ground, I've done a search on 'J&L' and nothing came back.

I'm in the market for a decent 580mm flat bar for my '94 Fire Mountain build. Funnily enough, eBay doesn't appear to be awash with NOS silver Hyperlites, but I did drop across this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/J-L-UltraLigh ... xyJX1TEzsH

Has anyone got any experience of J&L, good or bad? The price seems very reasonable but I suppose a length of titanium tube doesn't really cost the earth to produce and there's no boutique brand name to push the price up.

My riding is very much XC, I'm light on bikes (the last component I can remember physically breaking was a USE alloy bar in the early 90s after a heavy front wheel landing during a jumping competition up my local woods!) and I weigh around 13 stone.

 

[Rampage]

I have one, I've extended it a bit with no problems, built in suspension / flex.

 

[606]

I've used one for the last 18 months, off-road with rigid forks. No issues. It's going to be more reliable than 20+ year-old aluminium bars.

 

[scottproonly]

Re:

The only problem I've had with j&l is published weights,but then I'm a WW
kes

 

[Rio]

I have one too. Great Titan flex but less bend than stated. Feel more like 3 degrees to me.