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one word answer if possible trying to get a feeling on average size these days 😆 I'm 730mm long at the moment
777mm
750mm on both bikes
780mm both bikes.
740mm (x2)
Put some 730s on a few weeks ago tired of getting caught up in the undergrowth
Will go back to 760-770 when it's died off
740mm (x2)
720mm
740 then 730 now settled on 720.
750mm on FS
711mm on HT
750 on the hardtail, 780 on the full sus, 800 on the DH bike.
760 on my enduro gnar machine
780 on my 29 er rigid mile muncher
745 but got 760s on order. 760 on the DH bike.
oh, good subject for poll on front page?
610
420 on the all road bike..
800mm. Planned to cut them down but loving them. Now going to get some wider ones for my HT as the 710mm feel freakishly narrow every time I jump on it.
750mm FS 711mm HT
750mm + 710mm + 600mm.
760
720mm
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^that wide
710mm they were 780mm but i chopped them down as they just felt and obviously more importantly looked silly 😉
2 x 760
760
700 on both bikes. Was 640 + bar ends until I fancied a change
730mm
scruff - Member
745 but got 760s on order. 760 on the DH bike.
Familiar pattern that. Longer bars fitted to DH bike. Old bars handed down to AM bike. AM bike bars handed down to hardtail. Longer bars on DH bike. Repeat.
685
my first MTB back in 1992 had 508mm bars.
That narrow bar trend was a fad that died out pretty quick!
My bikes are practically vintage now, from 2007, so they have tiny narrow bars. I just had a lookat LoCo's Remedy and the bars looked ridiculously wide. 1.5m or something.
720 but just bought 785 for a new build (might cut them down tho)
760 on all of mine now- cut down a little from 780, that genuinely was the point I couldn't fit through some of the gaps without developing elite manualturnbar skills
710mm on the FS
685mm on the HT
The 685 bars came off the FS when I got the 710 bars. If I wasn't such a tight arse, I'd probably get the same width bars for the HT as well.
Can't imagine going any wider though.
700mm with 40mm rise on Jump bike
720mm with 40mm rise on HT
740mm with 40mm rise on FS
780mm with 20mm rise on DH
stumpy01 - MemberCan't imagine going any wider though.
Try it. Takes about two rides and you'e hooked.
750 & 740mm
750mm on the 29er HT, 800 on the big FS. The 750s feel quite narrow now.
Another one with 800mm. Couldn't go back now, anything narrower feels...err...narrow!
711 on fs.
720 - the stock ones that came with my bike.
760 seems to be my sweet spot though.
711 on the SS HT
750 on the HT fatbike
750 on the FS trail bike
760 on the FS AM/#enduro gnarpoon
760mm on my main bike, about right imo.
I followed Pat from The White Room down a trail, the day after he'd fitted some super "Enduro" 800mm bars. And he promptly caught the end of the bars on a sticky out rock, right in front of a nice 2 foot vert, and he flew sideways off the trail into a heap, amazingly with no more that mild finger bendage!
745mm
640 with bar ends on full suss
460 woodchippers on ss
420 on the cx
750mm on both, just felt fine when first used them. If I'm honest, I never noticed a big difference to begin with... untill I rode a 685mm again and it felt well weird.
640 + bar ends on Scott Spark cut down from 700. Much nicer for my style.