Hussefelt 680mm bar, Easton Havoc 80mm stem. both cheap on crc. They look nice but with coil Pikes the front end of the bike is quite heavy.
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All-mountain bars and stems?
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Posted 6 months ago #
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I said before "wide bars will make you faster". I guess that was a little ambiguous for the pedants on here, so allow me to add some caveats. Wide bars will put your weight further forwards over the front wheel (without ruining steering by putting a long stem on), improving cornering traction. It'll also allow more precise steering and more leverage when your forks twang on big rocks, leaving you less liable to being steered off course. If you've got skills and good strength, then you'll be able to ride down hills faster.
as will bending your elbows slightly more
thing is tho.. if you've gone too wide you'll actually no longer be able to get your upper body as far back/up as before. you see far too many goons hunched over the front of their too wide/low bars kraining their necks to even see far enough ahead down the trail these days.
your user name does seem apt here.
if you have timed yourself with different bar widths on the same course/track/routes you ride and found 740 to be the optimum width for you then great! but please don't spout shite to everyone else that it's the be all and end all for everyone.Posted 6 months ago # -
Why does there seem to be a lack of nice light 60mm 0 degree AM stems?
Or am I looking in the wrong places?Posted 6 months ago # -
'Bending your elbows slightly more' might work if you don't bend your elbows (much) in the first place. But for people who ride fast they probably learnt that trick years ago.
Maybe I'll change my comment to a meaningless bland PC comment that everyone can agree on:
"Some people find that wide bars help. Your mileage may vary, other bar widths are available."
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Well, it does have the advantage of not being total balls. So yeah, probably go with that one.
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I asked this on another thread, has anyone broken a stem... and not just overtightening the cap bolts but proper broken in action?
Erm yep but it a long time ago and it was a weird bonded ti quill stem.I got FSA Gravity bars off On ONe for less than $20 and they are 720mm and a 60mm Specialized stem and it all works well.
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Wanted to get carbon Easton Haven's but waaaay to much, opted for Nukeproof Warhead 760mm, bloody perfect, makes the bike super stable compared my old 680mm Monkey Bars. Still need shorter stem, 60mm Hope more than likely. Not worried about tress the Warheads take chunks out of them!
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I shall pass your sentiments onto Messrs Peat, Atherton, Gwin and Hart. I hear they all run 620mm bars
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Yeah, we should all also be riding downhill bikes all the time.
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Enve carbon DH or mountain bars with Easton haven stem, lovely.
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I run raceface atlas stem and bar on all my bikes and love them
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On the full suss, Sunline V1 stem 65mm with Nukeproof bars.
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Big thumbs down for the Easton Haven Carbon Riser bars. I had them on an Orange 5 AM and was getting aching wrists and sore hands after only a few mins riding. Switched them for a Renthal fatbar riser and my problem was solved and the position of the bars and the bike now feel great. As I didn't want the £100+ bars to go to waste I then put them on my HT swapping them for syntace vector low risers. Same problem! My hands and wrists were sore after a few mins! I'm not sure what it is with these bars they don't agree with me whatsoever
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Easton Havoc and Sunline V1 bars on my 456
(cheap) KORE stem and Sunline V1's on my Enduro
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