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Hi All,

I bought a Voodoo Bizango to see if I like the 29er thing and also share the bike with my wife for family canal trail outings.

The bike is in great condition and a quick test ride yesterday was good.

However the handlebars seem wrong! They seem to droop down when every other bike I have had have the handlebars pointing up a little. I guess that this could have been the previous owners preference or potentially a mistake from the original Halfords bike wizards.

My question is should the bars sort of go down to the stem or is having the grips effectively lower than the stem a good thing?

Cheers
Alastair


 
Posted : 12/09/2014 1:23 pm
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Personal preference, maybe the guy before had dodgy wrists? Or thought it looked good.

Rotate them round to where they look right. If you feel like playing, ride for a bit, try rotating forward a bit then back a bit and see what you prefer. You might want to shift the levers round a little so they're still in a sensible position.


 
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Cheers Ned - will try, spin and relocate the controls!


 
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Halfords set up bars proper wrong, I've got a bizango and it was the first thing I did when I got it home. Then I swapped the bars for something wider ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 12/09/2014 4:53 pm