New Bars

hainman

hey,im looking to buy new wider bars for my my bike but would like a set as close to the ones i have just now,not to sure how i would go about measuring the rise on my old ones.dont want to get to high but dont want to go to low either,ones im looking at are 700 wide 30 rise
many thanks
craig

supersonic

Is it not written on the bars? What bars are they?

hainman

my bad,i never even thought to check,the bars are just stock bars on my rockrider 9.1 but they say 25mm and 6 so if i go 30mm will they make the feel of the bike to off or be ok???

supersonic

Given that the extra width will change things anyway, 5mm more rise will not be very noticable.

hainman

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=72042
will these guys be ok??

supersonic

Seems a good buy, not too heavy. (282g)

hainman

cheers mate will pop an order in and see how they fayre.not sure how much it will change the steering??good or bad

The Rookie

If you're fitting wider bars, you usually want a shorter stem to keep your weight distribution and steering 'speed' similar.

hainman

changed from 110 stem to 70 will that be short enough

Cr3do

hainman wrote:

changed from 110 stem to 70 will that be short enough

What stem did you get?

Im looking to change my handlebar and stem on my Rockrider!

hainman

it was a second hand bontrager one.70mm 6 rise but when its next to stock one my old one is massive.
looking at between 680 and 700ish bars