The Streem bar has long been the performance bar for both an aero advantage as well as all-day comfort , and Ritchey's 2026 WCS Streem update keeps what worked while modernizing the shape for how road and multi-surface riding has evolved. The triple-butted 6066 alloy construction carries over from the previous generation, as does the fully internal cable routing, but the drops have been redrawn with a 10° flare and a tighter compact bend. If you liked the old Streem but wished it played nicer with wider tires, rougher roads, and modern hood angles, this is the version you have been waiting for.

The aero-formed top section is the signature Streem feature and it stays intact here — a wide, flat platform that distributes pressure across your palms on long climbs and smooths airflow where your hands sit on the hoods. A 5° backsweep brings the hood position slightly closer and angles your wrists into a more neutral shape, which is the kind of detail you stop noticing until you ride a bar that does not have it. Reach measures 80mm and drop measures 120mm across all sizes, keeping the shape consistent whether you run a 36 or a 42.

The big change is down in the drops. The 10° flare widens the bar by roughly 20mm on each side at the hooks, which opens up leverage for descending, fast corners, and loose surfaces without pushing the hoods out to an uncomfortable width. Ritchey also scales the drop width up one size from the top — a 40cm bar measures 44cm across the drops — so you get the narrow, aero hood position of a traditional road bar and the control of a gravel-leaning flared bar in one package. Internal routing handles modern electronic cockpits cleanly, and the 31.8mm center clamp works with any standard stem.