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Possibly a quick question, possibly a f/wits question, should probably ask this in a PYR but I haven't started one yet I'm looking for bars and stem for my 29er hardtail project. I'm trying to do the build on a budget something along the lines of @nathanm's Torrent and the pickings on the secondhand market in the West are slim at the moment.
Does the height x 0.440 rule still apply or has that gone out of fashion, if that's the case then based on me being 173cm I should be looking for something around 760mm.
Where do you start with rise and how do you work out what size stem when you don't have a bike you can actually sit on and see what sort of fits yet? I've got a 75mm 31.8m stem kicking around or should I start with around 50mm? The frame is an old Giant XTC 2013 size M not really sure on any of that modern reach and stack stuff
If I bite the bullet and buy new should I go 35mm as no one seems to have stock of anything these days but I can get a cheapy bar and stem for $100 in
Excuse my ramblings
Does the height x 0.440 rule still apply or has that gone out of fashion, if that's the case then based on me being 173cm I should be looking for something around 760mm.
Where do you start with rise and how do you work out what size stem when you don't have a bike you can actually sit on and see what sort of fits yet? I've got a 75mm 31.8m stem kicking around or should I start with around 50mm? The frame is an old Giant XTC 2013 size M not really sure on any of that modern reach and stack stuff
If I bite the bullet and buy new should I go 35mm as no one seems to have stock of anything these days but I can get a cheapy bar and stem for $100 in
Excuse my ramblings
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