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Should be simple, but......
I have a Trek Fuel Ex 8 and the Bontrager bars are not the comfiest and a tad on the narrow side. I have decided on a set of Easton EA70 monkeybars but what rise? The current bars are 40mm rise but that does feel a little on the high side and gives very light steering on the really steep uphill stuff but they are a completely different shape to monkeybars.
Any advice?
If you think your current bars are too tall, try some shallower rise ones! Simple really...
Or even better... Move a couple of headset spacers above the stem from below it, this will lower your bars too, but it's FREE! 😉
Good point 🙂 I am already set on changing the bars as they are just not comfy and a tad narrow. What I was trying to ascertain was, what is the most versatile rise? What do most guys find they default to? I suppose it's too much of a personal choice though really.
Flip a coin it is then! 🙂
Heads - Lo Rise
Tails - Med Rise
Got to be the 1" rise, I ran those for a couple of years. decided to go up on the width and now running a pair of Sunline V3, 20mm rise and 710mm wide. Think it'll probably be Easton Havocs next time, just like that classic easton profile.
Just ordered 20mm rise in White, very nice!
Cheers