Adventure bikes and bikepacking rigs have pushed handlebar shapes well past traditional flat and riser designs, and the Classic Kyote is Ritchey's answer for adventure riding and bikepacking . It's a wide alloy sweep bar dressed in the same high-polish silver finish that runs across the rest of the Classic component line, so it drops into a steel adventure build or a retro-styled hardtail without looking out of place. If you're building up a rigid MTB, a flat-bar gravel rig, or a bikepacking bike and you want the hand position of a modern alt bar without the matte-black-everything aesthetic, this is the piece that ties it together.

The bar is built from double-butted 6061 alloy, measures 800mm wide, has a 35mm rise, uses 27.5° of backsweep, and runs a 31.8mm clamp diameter . That much backsweep puts your wrists in a neutral position — closer to how they'd naturally rest at your sides — which is what makes it comfortable hour after hour when you're loaded with framebags and rolling through mixed terrain. The 800mm width gives you leverage for slow-speed technical sections and, just as importantly, real estate up front for a bar bag, lights, GPS mount, and whatever else your route demands.

The bar ends are open, so you can add bar-end plugs, aux brake levers, or accessory extensions if you want a secondary hand position for long climbs or road transfers. Cut the bar down if 800mm is more than you need — mark carefully from each end to keep the sweep symmetric, and don't trim past where your grips and controls need to sit. Pair it with the Ritchey Classic Toyon stem for a full-silver cockpit; the 60mm Toyon was designed specifically to match the Kyote's extended backward sweep , so the reach math works out without needing to hunt for a longer stem to compensate.