Bar Width...
The Northern Monkey
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Why (in general) are flat bars so much shorter that riser bars?!
There are a few super wide flat DH bars out there but apart from that they're pretty thin!
Weird?
There are a few super wide flat DH bars out there but apart from that they're pretty thin!
Weird?
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I suppose flats are more XC orientated arent they so narrow bars probably save a bit of weight and offer other benefits to XC?0
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I had a wee laugh at MBUK this month, they described a 680mm bar as narrow
Last year 680mm was the new 660mm and 660mm was narrow... Uncompromising extremist0 -
To me narrow is less than 23 inches lol. (590mm)0
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bigbenj_08 wrote:Why (in general) are flat bars so much shorter that riser bars?!
There are a few super wide flat DH bars out there but apart from that they're pretty thin!
Weird?
Riser bars are generally used for DH and the like for a more "sat up" position on the bike where you would benefit from more control.
Flat bars give you a lower position over the front wheel for a more concentrated pedaling/racing feel.
It's a generalisation I know but that is the basisNot really active0 -
Seems to be turning back a bit now - with high front ends from big forkssome are running flats on DH bikes.
But risers are in fashion - I have seen a 'zero riser' riser bar haha!0 -
How can you have a "zero riser" riser bar?! surely that defeats the point.......
Who markets that?0 -
I shall try and find it! It might have been a bad description from a retailer, but was on a site recently!0
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supersonic wrote:To me narrow is less than 23 inches lol. (590mm)
I think my shoulders are that wide 0 -
Lol. I run 620mm bars - I find narrower gives me more control, but that is just me. too wide and my arms play outwards and elbows straighten - plus have to move the bar further to turn.0
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Think mine are 705mm. Going down to 680/685 for the P7 though.
I remember when I had my GT, going from that to my NS was like going from a Mini Cooper into a Transit Van... sooooo much more room, but possible a bit too much for every day lol!0 -
680 on my inbred, the 456 has 650 or 660 bars as it has gears so i don't need to hump it as much.0
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Yea me and the headtube of my NS have a "special relationship"..... but we don't talk about it 8)ride_whenever wrote:680 on my inbred, the 456 has 650 or 660 bars as it has gears so i don't need to hump it as much.0 -
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Just upped mine to 710 from 685's, notice a slight difference when hitting the downhills, feels nicer, bit more stable but we'll see how it goes.0
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I'm still running 630mm, the missus has my old Kona shred and that's got about 680, it's too wide for me, I'm always concious I'm going to smack a tree with them and it feels like I'm steering a bus the steering is so slow. Probably just not the bars though.0
