780 Rentals, great for open dh/trail riding, tight singletrack, rubbish got wedged and crashed numerous times on the last ride due to this.
Getting cut down to 750 to see if that’s enough.
6’3″ with relativly broad shoulders BTW.
my easton ea70s are 685 so ive gone for some Answer pro tapers 720.. hope they are wide enough.. apart from gates any other disadvantages to wide bars?
710mm Niner flat bars on the whippet XC, 760mm NukeProof flat bars on the full sus trail bike. 760mm is a bit wide IMO for a standard size person. 680mm to 710mm are about right for me @ 5’10”.
lol im with mintimperial on this thread …i dont know either
width /lenght….. all i know is that my carbon monkey lite bars are quite long but you get better leverage apparantly….
720mm Answer mid rise with 50mm stem on Mondraker Foxy with Fox 36 Talas and … they feel plenty wide enough for me and I’m 6’3″ with fairly broad shoulders…. can’t see that anything wider would be of any benefit
a lot of people won’t try wide bars because they can’t see the point or they think its just fashion or marketing.
ive tried bars at loads of different lenghts and for my style of riding i find 730mm to 750mm far better than anything shorter OR longer.730mm giving me more clearance and sharper handling and 750mm slower handling but much better stability and high speed cornering.
also depends on your stem length.i only use 50mm stems,would’nt fancy putting 750mm bars on a 100mm stem.
even if your not into agressive riding though ,i can’t see any benifits of going short than 710mm though i would be intrested to hear what the benifits are?
Went from 620 to 710. Then had to cut 25mm off each end as I kept whacking them on trees! After sliding down one tree too many I have worked out that 660mm is the least painful size for a 5ft 7 short arse.