What's My Handlebar Size

HungryCol
HungryCol Posts: 532
edited February 2008 in Workshop
With different widths of handlebars and both shallow and deep drops how so I know what size to get for my steed. Is there a measurement such that the width of the handlebars should be the width of your shoulders, etc?
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    HungryCol wrote:
    With different widths of handlebars and both shallow and deep drops how so I know what size to get for my steed. Is there a measurement such that the width of the handlebars should be the width of your shoulders, etc?

    Yes, width of your shoulders is a way to figure it. For me it depends whether you are a criterium racer of not. If you are then narrower bars are useful in making you a bit more aero and you can get through tighter race situations where a wider bar might seem to
    make you a bit more nervous about shooting through a small rider gap. Me, I don't race
    anymore. I use a fairly wide bar because it makes me feel a bit more opened up and
    not "cramped" on the bike. And I don't care about aero.


    Dennis Noward
  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    "Is there a measurement such that the width of the handlebars should be the width of your shoulders, etc?"

    Commonly expressed just as you say! But mine seem to measure 42cm and I am pretty slight of build! I'd have thought that big folk would measure significantly more than any (drop) bars available off-the-shelf (normally 44 seems to be about the max).
    d.j.
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