Handlebar width

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adam

Likes Dirt
What do you guys like? i prefer smaller bars, but lately ive been running bars a little wider. Maybe its cause of the good ol BMX days, when they were super skinny.

Adam
 
the wider the better

You'll be surprised at how much better the bike feels with wider handlebars, its amazing!
 
Depends really;
street and dirt jumps; narrower bars for sure which is definitely a trend borrowed from the BMX boys, nothin like the super easy x-ups, fakie to half cabs and control when manualling you get from narrower bars.
DH; wider bars are the go, until the point you find yourself struggling to get the bike between trees, or poles at the end of sets of stairs ;)
Personally I run about a 25.5" effective width, this is for an urban / DJ / DH hardtail and I find it to be a good compromise between the three disciplines. I'd love to go about an inch narrower, but it would make the bike a lot less useful for downhill.
 
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