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mikemarzano
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts: 42
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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Handle bars - how wide is too wide? |
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So i am building a sweet new bike and upgrading my cockpit with a new stem and bar. What i am wondering is how wide should i go with the bars. TI am currently running a sette xlr lowrise bar and they never felt wide enough me. I have looked at down hill bars and xc bars and compared the differences and even rode a buddies cdale and forund his bars are alot wider.
What should i do?
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Kevin
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1414 Location: Kingston
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Ride what's comfortable for you...there is no rule that says your bars need to be XX inches to ride XC. You can always start wider and cut them down. Ask your buddy what length his bars are, and compare to your length. |
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Tim845
Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 3684 Location: Poughkeepsie
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:29 am Post subject: |
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A common baseline is your shoulders width.
Lots of bars are standardish 25".
The leverage of a wider bar can be a compromise in tight woods trails --why I like 22". _________________ Pedal, b*tches!! |
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tom church
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 533 Location: Beacon
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:25 am Post subject: |
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But you also loose control on steeper rocky trails and at high speed with thinner bars.
I run Titec El Norte bars in a 690 mm width (27.2"). A lot of the guys at my shop run the Truvativ BooBars For racing which are 780 mm (30.7") or the Truvativ Holzfeller which are 700 mm (27.6").
The more high speed tech stuff you ride the wider the bar you want. The more tight twisty low speed stuff the thinner the bar.
I personally like something in the 660mm (26") to 700mm (27.6") range. I ride a bit of everything but really like to move when going downhill and through the rough stuff.
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Forest_biker
Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 859
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Pedaler845 wrote: |
A common baseline is your shoulders width.
Lots of bars are standardish 25".
The leverage of a wider bar can be a compromise in tight woods trails --why I like 22". |
I'm running 24" bars and still scrape the bark (lightly) on few trees at the 909.
I used to run wider bars 26" but felt like they didn't work as well for the areas I'm riding. |
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SloJoe
Joined: 02 Dec 2009 Posts: 8
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Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Shrek stick to a shoulder width bar. I'm pretty sure mine is 26 but its comfortable for me. But I'd start wider if I were you. Like the others said you can trim. And you know the advantages of trimming. _________________ Tree's don't move |
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