Road bars - how much difference does 2cm make?

7 posts & 6 voices | Started 9 months ago by stuartie_c | Latest reply from stuartie_c

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stuartie_c - Member

Road bars are usually measured centre-to-centre at the drops, right?

Current bars (cast iron) are 42cm and I'm looking for a set of carbon ones. CRC have a couple of tasty deals in their sale BUT only available in 40 or 44cm.

How much will I notice a difference of +/- 2cm?

Posted 9 months ago #
aa - Member

Nowadays most bars are ctoc but not all!

FWIW, I have a 38" chest but like wide bars (44cm ctoc) as it opens the chest up and helps when climbing out the saddle. Personally, I find narrow bars a hinderance when climbing.

Size does make a difference!

Posted 9 months ago #
olie - Member

Measure your shoulder width not the width of the chest and gowith this dimension as your bar width.

Simples.

Posted 9 months ago #
cynic-al - Member

If you're an mtb.er I'd go wide.

Posted 9 months ago #
expiscator - Member

narrower bars fit through narrower spaces

Posted 9 months ago #
druidh - Member

Wot Al says. The more I ride my MTBs, the more I wish I had wider road bars.

Posted 9 months ago #
stuartie_c - Member

Cheers guys - I'll take the plunge on the 44s.

Posted 9 months ago #

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