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Your bars and width?

The Northern MonkeyThe Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
edited August 2009 in MTB general
Just wondering what other peoples bars are, your bar width and how you like them?

Looking on crc, around 600mm seems to be most common, but thera also some silly sHort and long varieties too!

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  • lawmanlawman Posts: 6,868
    660mm ritchey pros atm, but id like somethin wider for more flickability. im so used to the position anything narrower just feels wierd. been looking at cutting down some race face atlas fr's to about 700mm maybe abit wider for abit.
  • SarnianSarnian Posts: 1,451
    I find that around 640mm suits me best.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • supersonicsupersonic Posts: 82,708 Lives Here
    620-640 on both currently running hardtails. Any wider upsets my natural balance and brings the elbows straighter.
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  • robertpbrobertpb Posts: 1,866
    NS Proof bars 690mm wide with 3" rise.
    Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card"
  • docker0141docker0141 Posts: 605
    700mm gives me the right amount control, I don't feel like I need any wider
  • SarnianSarnian Posts: 1,451
    supersonic wrote:
    620-640 on both currently running hardtails. Any wider upsets my natural balance and brings the elbows straighter.

    Have you tried the new exotic bars you brought yet, I decided to get some and the stem for my new build but It's not ready to ride yet just wondered If they were the bargain they seem to be.
    It's not a ornament, so ride It
  • WhytepeakWhytepeak Posts: 2,616
    640mm tiogas on my xc bike

    685mm eastons on my trail bike.

    700mm Sunline v2s on my freeride bike
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1
  • Rich9Rich9 Posts: 1,635
    No idea :oops: OEM Ritchey's that came with the bike. Might measuer them out of interest
    2014 Whyte T-129S
  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    68-mm Truvativ Noir Teams- seems to be my ideal width, I slowly went up from 600 to 640 to 660 but my arms kept creeping out, at 680mm my hands are naturally on the grips. Perfect.
    Uncompromising extremist
  • bolbol Posts: 138
    685 monkey lites on my Stumpy; 46cm truvatives on my crosser. I'm pretty tall, so like a bit of width.
  • blister pusblister pus Posts: 5,780
    700 is about right for me.
  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,667
    my 2 main bikes have 660mm and feel good and solid (ritchey wcs carbon low risers on stumpy and racface xc on the enduro, but i fancy some 700mm sunline bars for that)

    my older stumpy has 620mm fsa kforce risers in 25.4mm flavour and they feel very twitchy and very flexible!
  • WhytepeakWhytepeak Posts: 2,616
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    racface xc on the enduro, but i fancy some 700mm sunline bars for that)

    Can recommend them - they feel great!
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1
  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,667
    Whytepeak wrote:
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    racface xc on the enduro, but i fancy some 700mm sunline bars for that)

    Can recommend them - they feel great!

    im gonna save for a remote adjustable seatpost first then it will be my next purchase
  • blister pusblister pus Posts: 5,780
    Incidentally before I forget (for anyone interested). I asked at the CarbonCycles forum about the possibility of some 700mm Matrix carbon / alloy bars and they are looking into longer widths but have no firm dates
  • Zeroman_IRZeroman_IR Posts: 290
    711mm Sunline V1. So much more control than narrower bars, I was surprised at how noticeable it is.
  • The SpidermanThe Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    640mm RF Deus risers.Wide enough for control,but not too wide to squeze through the gaps in my local woods.
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  • supersonicsupersonic Posts: 82,708 Lives Here
    I seem to find narrower more controlable, for some reason. Until I get down to less than 600mm. 700 and above is just awful for me.
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  • GHillGHill Posts: 2,402
    I've currently got a 650 mm on there but thinking of going wider, my shoulders are pretty wide and I feel a little squished-in ATM.
  • The Northern MonkeyThe Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Hmm this kinda sucks. I like wider bars, but the widest carbon bars I can see are some ritchey wcs carbon at 660mm :(

    but I think a bit of a shorter bar would help with the slower steering of the 29er. What your thoughts?
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,667
    how wide are the sunline v1 crbons?

    i have those ritchey ones on my stumpy and they feel real nice, look ace too.

    edit, the sunlines are 685 but they are 90 quid :shock:
  • supersonicsupersonic Posts: 82,708 Lives Here
    Exotic do a wide scandium DH bar at good price and weight:

    http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&c=69&p=632&

    On ebay for 35 quid I think.
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  • WhytepeakWhytepeak Posts: 2,616
    V1s are very expensive.

    V2s are more on the money (no carbon though :cry: )
    Now that we are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. ROMANS 15:1
  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    Hmm this kinda sucks. I like wider bars, but the widest carbon bars I can see are some ritchey wcs carbon at 660mm :(

    My Noirs are 680mm. Easton Monkeylite comes in 685mm, or the Monkeylite DH in 711mm...
    Uncompromising extremist
  • The Northern MonkeyThe Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    Lol I picked up some monkey lights yesterday!
    Insanely light and not wide at all! Not sure if they come in different lengths though...
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,667
    supersonic wrote:
    Exotic do a wide scandium DH bar at good price and weight:

    http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&c=69&p=632&

    On ebay for 35 quid I think.

    thats quite tempting for the money, i dont like the graphics but you cant argue with the spec. whats the score with scandium anyway, i have just fitted a set of scandium bars for my roadie but only cause they were a decent price weight and were white, i didnt consider the material.
  • supersonicsupersonic Posts: 82,708 Lives Here
    Its alu alloy with a small amount of scandium added - it increases the tensile strength to almost double in some cases.

    The bar I linked to is the standard high rise bar, there is a heavier DH bar.
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  • NorthwindNorthwind Posts: 14,675
    edited August 2009
    bigbenj_08 wrote:
    Lol I picked up some monkey lights yesterday!
    Insanely light and not wide at all! Not sure if they come in different lengths though...

    Yeah, loads... My flat Monkeys are only about 560mm, which is barely wide enough to get the grips on :lol: Horrible. I keep trying to sell them, then people say "Isn't that really narrow" and I say "Yeah, it's ****ing horrible", then I never hear from them again :lol:
    Uncompromising extremist
  • The Northern MonkeyThe Northern Monkey Posts: 19,174
    supersonic wrote:
    Exotic do a wide scandium DH bar at good price and weight:

    http://www.carboncycles.cc/?s=0&t=0&c=69&p=632&

    On ebay for 35 quid I think.
    l
    bloody hell. That's awesome weight for that price and length!!!
    Santa Cruz Butcher
  • supersonicsupersonic Posts: 82,708 Lives Here
    The stems too are absolute bargains! EVen look nice!
    GT ZASKAR CARBON TEAM

    VOODOO CANZO

    Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
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