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780 on both the HT and FS
haw about including you height - 750 is pretty wide for 5'6" but probably narrow for 6'6"
785's.
Soon to be 800's.
I remember when I first got a set of Burgtec RideWides. 750 felt enormous back then. Now it just feels odd, with my hands off the ends.
777
I overheard some guys I passed on a local trail mocking - in between s****ing one of them said. 'Jesus that guy had Cowhorns '
I personally think they look rather well proportioned on a 29er ...
all under 700 [ they are old so they must be]but i have never measured them/cannot remember
29"
750mm (xc) 780mm (dh) 420mm (road).
750 mtb, 440 road.
570ish on my HT. They used to be 610 for ages but I cut them down.
610 on my FS.
Seven hundred and ten millimeters
711
740 with 20mm rise. FS. Still clip them on things..
690 dj
720 ht
750 fs
I'm tall with a 6'6" wingspan and cut the 750s down from 780 as they were too wide. It can't healthy for smaller people to run such wide bars, can it?
785 FS
780 HT
I did try 800 but didn't like them although that may have been due to lack of rise more than width.
I recently swapped the 650 off wife's bike for some 710s. She only really rides the monsal trail but even so still said it felt loads better.
600 & 90 something, they started off as 700 something, but I just couldn't face my riding buddies knowing the number started with a seven, they might of expected me to able to pull of this new found enduro bollox 😉
740
740
762
750
440
440
440
440
740, I would love something wider but it's a tight squeeze between the trees as it is.
777 on the XC hardtail.
750 on the AM/Enduro/insert current marketing name FS
Which is probably the wrong way round.
Roadie width on the roadie.
BMX width on the BMX.
710 on one and 730 on the other.
46 c-c on the sscx
680 on the DJ
700 on the Hooker do-it-all bike
720 on the DH bike
700 off road
400 on
705mm on the 456
685mm on the lighter (sometimes single speed) ht and 25.4mm clamp on that one.
Wouldn't want any wider - it would be crap through the narrow tree and bramble lined singletrack that's a staple of my riding (and I ain't that gnar!)
780
700mm on the HT, about to go up to 760 given the most comfortable position when climbing is with half of each palm off the end of the bars.
360mm bullhorns on the commuter 🙂
700 on the ss, but i keep hanging my hands off the ends of them on climbs wondering if wider ones would feel better. I have really long arms and I think they would.
630mm on race hardtail.
685mm on f/s.
I am 6'2" and they are both 29er's by the way.
Thanx,
Max
@Retrodirect Sounds like we're in the same boat. If my bars arrive this week, I'll let you know.
725 on the hardtail
777 on the AM bike
Daughter has 711 on her hardtail
Lad has 750 on his AM bike
490mm Soma Sparrow on the SS
420mm on road bikes
The Sparrows took a while to get used to, but steering with shoulders is now second nature. The ability to pull up with hands at 10-to-2 makes for much easier climbing.
720 on the Soul
760 on the Yeti 575 is how I roll.
730 on salsa fatty, 70mm stem
740 on short travel full sus (650b), 50mm stem
800 on AM full sus (650b), 50mm stem
between 660 and 720 depending on bike (MTB), I'm 171cm tall, can't get on with anything over 720, it limits my range of upper body motion and I can't get through some of the gaps round here!
trying to get a feeling on average size these days
Sadly what I think you are getting here is the average from a self selecting sample of 'people who care about handlebar width' rather than an actual average.
Still could be useful though 🙂
780mm on Enduro, 780mm on Soda, 730mm on Fortitude SS and 680 on CinderCone.
780mm playful bike
710mm XC/big ride FS
710mm SS winter hack
620mm commuter
This thread made me go and order some new bars. 760mm wide el guapo flat bars on on-one for a tenner right now.
760mm low rise on the Pitch, 660mm on the commuter hack; 6' tall with monkey arms.
OH has 700mm low rise on her Pitch, she's a shade under 5'6". Said they started to feel a bit narrow in the Alps.
I run 780mm and it feels ace, but I do wonder if it's too much.
Apparently Troy Brosnan runs his Renthals cut down to 730mm, and he's 5'6".
I'm 5'9", albeit with monkey arms. Is there a formula to work out what's width's best, or is it all down to feel?
680 bars on all mine
660 on the 5, 680 on the Patriot. I have no idea how anyone could actually ride a bike with 780mm bars. Butters.
Is there a formula to work out what's width's best, or is it all down to feel?
Doubt it. It'd come down to the combination of your arm length, shoulder width, stem length, stem angle, and frame geometry.
That combination of factors is the only thing protecting us all from "What bars for [BLANK]?" threads 🙂
760, really regret cutting them down from 780 now.
740/750/760mm
bigjim - Member
760, really regret cutting them down from 780 now.
Move gris in first, then ride, then decide.
660 on the jones loops
720 and the answer 20/20 alt bars
710 on the carver ti sweepy things
760 moustache bar on the sheep
780 flat bars on the fat bike
760 and 780 and pant pissingly funny in tight singletrack and a few folk found out to their peril on the ssuk course...we did warn 'em
780mm, do anything hardtail.