As per title.
I've got 660mm's on my do it all/am/xc hardtail. I'm going to buy some 750's in the CRC Warehouse clearance though.
So how wide are yours?
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How wide are your bars?
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Posted 8 months ago #
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800mm Blackspire jobbies from CRC, I thought they'd be faaaar to wide after using Easton's EA70's for years, but I've kinda got used to them now and love the nice wide feel to them.
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620 on my hardtail, which feels slightly narrow,
700 on full susser, which feels just right for me.Posted 8 months ago # -
My main bike has Sunline V2's at 725mm.
It's on my Pha5e, tis lovely.
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750mm and have been for about three years now. I recently tried to go a little narrower, down to 730mm, but I missed the extra leverage that the wider bars give.
Personally I think everyone should ride what works for them but I do think a lot of people would find their riding improved considerably by switching to a 730mm+ bar.
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745 v1 for the last 2 years swop back to 711 v1 and they just feel narrow,and resrictive strange what feels good
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710 + 730 on my bikes
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27" on my mtbs and bmx
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580mm flats currently on my main bike
Not sure on the others but a bit wider
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I have 4 sets of 750mm Funn Full-On Triple butted in 25.4 standard. 2 sets are spare cos CRC were clearing them out; because they are gret bars; and because I want to stick to 25.4 for as long as I can.. I prefer the look... these bars are plenty wide, I have 47in chest..
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710mm feels just right for me. I tried 765 but was too wide.
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685mm monkelites CNT on both bikes - could probably go a bit wider, but dont want the hassle on narrow sections
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680ish.
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745 V1 - feel spot on on the full suss.
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750mm on Areil, maybe still a little too wide for tight woodland singletrack but spot onm elsewhere, not sure what size I'm going to go for on the Anthem race bike
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_tom_ - Member
710mm feels just right for me. I tried 765 but was too wide.
Same here.slainte
rob
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685 and 715
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711 MTB. Moved from 680 and prefer the slightly wider feel. Could go wider
440 Road
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685 on xc bike, looking at the start line at races i think that is pretty wide for a 'race' bike but it is my all purpose one. 710mm on singlespeed and bullitt for 'gurn/stood up leverage' and 'control' factors respectively. I think my shoulders are too narrow for there to me much point in me going much wider.
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Whatever MBR tells me they should be
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It's a combo of bars and stem length and physical size...
Wider bars bring you forward over the forks using same stem length, etc, etc...
Whatever fits is the ticket!! Might actually measure mine tonight
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Not sure on the Inbred - some fairly old RF Deus that I cut a bit off - so probably about 640mm or so. I did have some Sunline V3's on there at 710mm, but they were a bit wide given that I use it a lot on the road to get miles in during the week.
The Stumpjumper has got some 710mm KCNC low risers on. Not sure if they are too wide for me or not. I keep thinking that they'd be better with a teeny bit off, but will give it a while longer to be indecisive.
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685mm EA50s, I just trimmed to 655, much more flickable for twisty singletrack, should have done it years ago. May shave off a few more mm yet.
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I wonder if there are different measurement methods going on here (some seem very high). Mine is for the bars without the grips, straight line centre of bar to opposite centre.
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711mm Answer Protaper on the FS
685mm Monkeylite on the race HT
700mm Funn Full On on the street bike (cut down from 750mm)Posted 8 months ago # -
680mm cut down from 720mm after I kept hitting trail side trees!
Typical case of reading magazine that said you must fit wider bars, spending the money, thinking it's great and then realising that I am an individual.
Got suckered into it, not thinking that most journo's are taller than me. Said journo probably feels obliged by way of free trips to fantastic launch locations provided by the importers of wide bars etc that have warehouses full to shift.Posted 8 months ago # -
745 V1 - feel spot on on the full suss.
Same here
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Both bikes back down to 685mm. Tried wider bars (740mm) but felt detached from the front end and kept bashing trees.
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16 feet and counting on my penny farthing.
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780 on the enduro
760 on the chumbaI recently stuck some 'narrow' 710 bars on the sovereign I have just built up. It felt great through tight singletrack (not having to worry about catching the bars) but not as good everywhere else.
I'm going to chop a bit of the chumba bars to make them a bit more singletrack friendly.
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710mm on my old Enduro XC bike
760mm on my Wolf RidgeMinty.
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740s at the moment, they were 780 but just felt too wide so I cut them down, this seems perfect.
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I've gto some Sunline V1s which were at 745mm but on some of my local singletrack I kept holding people up because I got stuck between the trees. I've cut them down to 720mm and they feel perfect now. I'm only a small guy, though.
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760 nukeproof warheads for me.
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760 on the Pitch, good, unless the gap between the trees is a bit narrow!
685 on the SS, suits it better.
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