Yes.
Riser bars
- Thread starter mas2
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DMan
shawly the least hangeriest guy on rotorburn
I'm with you Poodle. I wouldn't be going wider. I'd look at setup first
Only reason for trying wider bars is that I felt more comfortable on old bike at 780mm.
That and I can cut them down.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Shorter stem too people! Help yourself to get that weight back off the palms and into your core.
Scotty T
Walks the walk
I have very long arms so short stems can be an issue, likely I will try a bit of both because I have a shorter stem and taller bars on another bike. Stem first would make sense because it's heaps easier. I put up with it for a while thinking it was good for climbing to have a more forward position but it isn't worth it. One thing going for me is a bit of core strength I've worked on over the past couple of years.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
What are Funn bars loike ?
Having never run riser bars what's a good rise to start with ? 20mm ?
Having never run riser bars what's a good rise to start with ? 20mm ?
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
@Ultra Lord Should I be in the Farkwits thread ?
5'11", medium Prime.
I'm using the XC bars off my superlight at present, 1/4 rise
5'11", medium Prime.
I'm using the XC bars off my superlight at present, 1/4 rise
pink poodle
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@steve jobs' pancreas I've run Funn bars on a lot of bikes. For the price they deliver nicely. Bar wise...I like to run a bar that has my hands about shoulder width apart. Rise for me is dictated by my brakes clearing the top tube. Nobody wants to to have a crash and bust their brakes into the top tube. I've ran risers all the way up to 3 inches and all have worked for one reason or another.
If you're moving from flat bars and fear change...15-20mm bars are easy to find.
If you're moving from flat bars and fear change...15-20mm bars are easy to find.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
I fear pretty much everything
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Perfect!
What are you holing to achieve by changing bars and what she are they at the moment? And the stem...?
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
That’s the spirit.
20mm rise. Give that a go. How many spacers in and around the stem?
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
Race face carbon Next 1/4 rise, 690mm, Thomson X4 stem 50mm, 20mm of spacers.
I don't think I'm gripping the bars correctly and placing too much pressure on my abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis.
Plus I want to junk the carbon and send them back to the hellfire from which they were spawned.
I don't think I'm gripping the bars correctly and placing too much pressure on my abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis.
Plus I want to junk the carbon and send them back to the hellfire from which they were spawned.
Ultra Lord
Hurts. Requires Money. And is nerdy.
Yes! I too can word.
Go the 20mm rise. At worst you can slam the stem.
And riser bars look better
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
@Ultra Lord I reckon I will, the Funn bars are $48 so why not
The Duckmeister
Has a juicy midrange
You ride with a road handlebar?!?! Even my unfashionably "narrow" 680mm bar is wider than that!
Or you simply have no fucking idea about proportion.....
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
Maybe. Might just be different interpretation of words. My thumbs sit on the bars roughly lined up with the outside of my shoulders. I can try some drop bars of it helps you sleep at night? But I'll be rolling them upside down.
steve jobs' pancreas
Eats Squid
There is no other way !!!