I've been using the RRP pole for a few seasons now. It's a solid product and I would get it again. The ability to telescope the length of the pole is a useful feature.
I've run two separate steering systems on it. Originally, I had the X Metal plate with flat bar.... that setup totally rocked.
At last year's WF, I saw the new steering system that Rick was offering, and in a weak moment of upgrade-itis, I picked it up with the fatty straight bar and new chin pad.
Functionally, it's no better than the X Metal setup. But, if you feel that you want to shorten your bar to pole pivot substantially, without getting a new pole...this could be the best solution.
BTW, I had to re-adjust my pole length all the way to the max, to compensate.
It has a zerk fitting on the pivot area, to grease the pivot bearing, which is nice.
One thing that I did not like about this setup, was that I feel the bar width is way too short for my tastes. I immedietly missed the width of the X Metal bar. With the new RRP setup, you are stuck with running their bar, or something similar with a 31.8 clamping diameter.
The new RRP bar tapers to a fat 31.8 diameter at the clamping area.
I had a friend fab me up some nice aluminum bar extensions to get the width back to where I prefer.
Note: I noticed that RRP has some bar extensions on their website (pending).
So, bottom line..... was it a major improvement over the XMetal setup? Nope.
