Thank SS I saw the back sweep but wasn't sure how much of an effect it would have. Was looking to try a set of wider bars but its difficult to find wide 25.4 bars
Well they arrived quickly but only got chance to get them fitted today, haven't had chance to try them on the trails but they seemed quite comfortable on a short test ride. Just need to get used to them having no rise compared to my old bars.
Still haven't managed to get over to the forests since a few friends have started getting into road bikes but have had a few 10-15 mile xc/trail rides (local woods, trials centre, bridleways, tracks etc). The bars took a little setting up to get right as I originally had them turned slightly up but have found them to be much more comfortable in a pretty much flat/horizontal position. Although wider they feel a bit twitchier and closer but otherwise pretty good. I hardly notice the extra back sweep even though they do look quite different to normal bars.
All in all i'm pretty happy with them. I have a longer stem to try but want to wait until i've tried a few drops/jumps before I switch. Otherwise they are very comfortable and i haven't found myself moving my hands around as much, they give good leverage and even though I have never been the greatest of climbers but I wouldn't say they held me back in any way.
For anyone thinking of giving them a go, at the price I would say they are definitely worth a try.
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Will give them a couple of weeks to see how i get on.
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Still haven't managed to get over to the forests since a few friends have started getting into road bikes but have had a few 10-15 mile xc/trail rides (local woods, trials centre, bridleways, tracks etc). The bars took a little setting up to get right as I originally had them turned slightly up but have found them to be much more comfortable in a pretty much flat/horizontal position. Although wider they feel a bit twitchier and closer but otherwise pretty good. I hardly notice the extra back sweep even though they do look quite different to normal bars.
All in all i'm pretty happy with them. I have a longer stem to try but want to wait until i've tried a few drops/jumps before I switch. Otherwise they are very comfortable and i haven't found myself moving my hands around as much, they give good leverage and even though I have never been the greatest of climbers but I wouldn't say they held me back in any way.
For anyone thinking of giving them a go, at the price I would say they are definitely worth a try.