Trimming handlebar

[RudoJ]

what i know about the technical side of this wonderful sport of ours is very very dangerous and lethal.

Not that it has any relevance, but I have a 2010 Spez Rockhopper Comp. When I took it for the first ride in Jan this year the handle bars also felt too wide etc etc. But as many before me said, the bike feels like its so much more responsive and handles like a dream in twisty singletrack. And my previous bike had bar-ends on, and i dont miss them at all. The lenght of the handlebar is also still the same. Just going to get some ESI Chunky grips.

Leave it for a while before cutting anything off

Edited September 10, 2012 by RudoJ

[cst68]

Happy medium for me=shoulder width PLUS 15 cm for no bar ends

shoulder width PLUS 18cm with bar ends

 

I have tried 685 mm riser bars( with and without bar ends) on many occasions and 640 mm riser bars (with and without bar ends) .Tried wider flat bars and narrower flat bars too.

 

Riser bars work well when you need more rise than the stem and spacers can give...flat bars work better when you want lower than the stem and spacers allow...its really a bike geometry and bike set up thing.

 

I keep going back to the 640 mm risers without bar ends.I am 1.79m tall. On gnarly downhill I have enough control and on very tight single track it responds faster to tight turning....something the wider bars do not do for me.

 

For me climbing steep climbs with too wide bars feel like climbing a very wide ladder with my hands too wide apart.

 

Horses for courses I suppose.

Edited September 10, 2012 by cst68