At the moment I've got some 680mm riser bars on my Soul. It's quite a high rise, I reckon 25-30mm. I fancy trying somthing wider and lower. At the moment things feel fine on the down but going up any steep climb I find I cannot keep my weight forward enough. In order to keep the traction on I have to sit down, but then I find myself lift the front wheel up.
I was thinking of a 720mm flat bar. But then I started thinking this might be too low for the down hill bits. Maybe I would be better off with a low riser instead
Any thoughts?
I have gone from 760 wide 50mm rise to 780 10mm rise, absolutely brilliant, don't know why i went for risers in the first place.
Because it was the fashion in those days?! Not sure I need to go as wide as 780mm. Plus I need to get the bike out the garage door! I'm guessing with bars that wide you're going downhill a lot?
Only as much as I go up! Makes winding through tight trees more fun and induces some extra erse-clenching moments!
Probably don't need them that wide but whenever I ride anything narrower it now feels wrong..