Handle bar size - MTB

[RoboLuke]

Guys - how does the width (or is it lenght?) - meaning from left to right handle - change the handling, feeling and experience for MTB - especially single track

[patches]

the wider the more stable and precise you'll feel... in moderation of course, cos if you're too wide it will bring your weight too far forward.

 

for a trail bike I'd recommend no shorter than 680mm... 720mm is a nice length. For downhill I'd say 740mm - 780mm.

[Super_mil]

Your in luck, PinkBike just covered this topic in the latest Tech Tuesday.

[AndreZA]

Personal preference. I like short bars but then again it is on a XC bike.

[tombeej]

Your in luck, PinkBike just covered this topic in the latest Tech Tuesday.

 

 

Hey Super_mil, you chop, now you've given me a whole stack of videos I have to watch.

How am I supposed to do work now?? There goes my day. Dammit.

[ThePubSA]

using 710mm on my mtb atm , feels good , think could even go wider

[Super_mil]

Hey Super_mil, you chop, now you've given me a whole stack of videos I have to watch.

How am I supposed to do work now?? There goes my day. Dammit.

 

You guys work in KZN...

[Wernervdmerwe]

the wider the more stable and precise you'll feel... in moderation of course, cos if you're too wide it will bring your weight too far forward.

 

for a trail bike I'd recommend no shorter than 680mm... 720mm is a nice length. For downhill I'd say 740mm - 780mm.

 

+1

I found 710-720 to be great in trail and I ride 745 on my AM bike

[patches]

+1

I found 710-720 to be great in trail and I ride 745 on my AM bike

 

When I sold my FR bike, the buyer wanted the 780's off my DH bike, so I swapped them. That means I currently have 720's on my DH bike and it feels so wrong! Luckily I have a CRC order on its way with some 780's to right the wrong

[bikekid]

Is there any major advantage to using a rizer handlebar compared to a flat one? Spotted a pimping white one on CWC and trying hard not to get the credit card out to buy it...