Right, I've re-kindled the love for my Heckler, but just one thing just niggles.. 😳

It seems quite "upright".. I feel like I'm in a very sit up and beg postion..

Other than changing the stem length, is there anyway I can make it feel a bit "longer"?? 😕

Excuse the crappy ihone pic..

different shaped bars?

i find mine very short (Medium) and thats part of the appeal for me, knees close to the bars at times makes it very chuckable

Layback seatpost? You'd have to ditch the pogo stick though.

That post is fairly laidback

juiced – Member

different shaped bars?

Go on…?

Higher rise??

Looking at the pic you may be able to turn your bars a little forward?

Raceface Atlas Low risers.

More pricks than a pin cushion – Member

Looking at the pic you may be able to turn your bars a little forward?

Ok.. I'll give that a go..

(:dw:)

Dunno if it'll do much but try the 'free' things first (saddle adj/stem height etc) then if they don't work, splash the cash

Yeah, try rolling the bars forward, or trying a lower rise bar with less of a swept back design/position. Although for me part of the hecklers appeal is the short feeling.

Flip your stem, roll your bars forward a touch and slam the stem right to the base of the steerer stack. That'll make it feel lower and longer.

If that doesn't work the obvious thing is changing the bars, but I find that high rise bars offer a much better shape than low rise ones. I just can't get on with low bars.

Luke, the stem is at the bottom of the stack.. So you'd go for a higher rise bar (it's 25mm at the min) rolled further forward??

nick, why not just put a lonfer stem on.

Tony, I'm trying to keep the steering "snappy"..

May just go back to a longer stem… 😳

You could always try running a bit more sag on the shock? Should make you feel a bit more sat in the bike rather than on it

pop yourself in the tumble dryer for a while and shrink up a bit… the bike will then feel quite a bit bigger…

Ah, stem looks a little high that's all.

If you've already got a high rise bar on then a low rise one will help, but I don't particularly like the shape of low risers. Flipping the stem will help too, although it looks like you've got a 0degree one on there. If you can have a go with a 5/10 degree one upside down then you can see how it feels.

my heckler's the same. always a shock when I get on it again – you'll get used to it!