Just bolting together my first 29er and the bars seem way high, at the moment i'm stuck with the high rise bars and stem that i already have but i was just wondering, do many 29er riders flip the stem to roadie style to get the front end lower?
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29er riders - stem question
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Posted 10 months ago #
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many ride 0deg, some flipped, a lot flat bar.
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70mm x 0deg here, with lo-rise Monkey-Lites. Keen to try some flats but I like the extra bit of give than a non O/S riser gives when I'm running mine with a rigid fork.
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110mm flipped, flat bar.... I am odd however
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Nuke Proof Warhead 760 Flat Bars on zero rise Thomson
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90mm 6 degree stem flipped with low rise monkey bars.
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Oddly enough I am also just about to build up my first 29er today (a Fargo) and had been looking at trying a Carnegie bar in flipped mode (1" drop). All sorts of choices!
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90mm 5 deg stem on 2mm spacer attached to On-One Mary bars here.
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I run a 90mm zero rise on my Big Unit.
I did have to go from risers to a flat bar though.
Felt like I was riding a chopper with the risers.
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Thanks for the replies all, i'll be flipping for the time being with a potential move to a flat bar when funds permit.
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I'm on 10deg x 100 long stem
10deg back sweep FLAT Bar
I guess it'll depend on how big/small the frame is against you, and how racy you want your setup to be too though. So you should take everything here with a pinch of salt.
i.e. I'm 6'1 squeezing onto an 18" Inbred, so with this setup I still run about 1.5cm spacers under the stem.[EDIT] I like to be as high at the front while still being able to keep the front wheel down on my local steep climbs and took experimentation to hit that point[/EDIT]
Don't worry about what it looks (or you think it looks) like. just go for what feels good to you.
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Flat bar or very low rise bar here. I also use a zero stem and have used a flipped stem with a "normal" riser. It all looks just fine and, more importantly, works well and is comfy
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Flat-ish stem with jones h bars here
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flipped stem, flat bars and very short stack headset for my Swift
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flipped 100mm x 10deg thomson and enve flat bars, looks alittle odd but works well
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80mm bonty stem with 6 or 8 deg rise. Use it flipped with a massive set of salsa pro moto flats.
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10 deg, 10mm spacer & flat bars. It's still 4cm-ish lower than the saddle when at XC spinning-along height though.
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80 mm 6 degree planet x stem with ragley luxey bars here.
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My 29ers have +5ยบ rise stems one 90mm, one 70mm, and both have Midges.
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It depends on the length of the headtube TBH.
On the Paradox i run an Easton 80mm stem with a 25 deg rise plus Sunline V1 low rise bars. This has a short head tube
On the swift i was using an 80mm Thomson stem with 5 degree(?) rise and Sunline V1 flat bars. This had a longer headtube
Not sure what I'll be using on the new Full susser. Its all about trial & error for me
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I think I have 25mm on my tallboy at present with a 70mm stem, 0 degree and Easton Havocs (750mm) but my forks adjust between 95 and 120mm so I can drop the front when I feel like it (like up the steep climbs in the Peaks today).
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