MTB0007 Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 HiI need help, which over sized MTB riser bars are considered the best used with a Thompson stem?I am aware the answers will be subjective..I would like the Hubbers opinions
turtlek Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 easton monkey bar lite or the on one riser bar that kiwi advertises is also very good
Xenomorph Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Burgtec widebar- Scandium and super wide for tall guys 750mm
Mudsimus Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 WCS riser R1800 bucks. Why? Any bar will do the job. You can get a very decent Truvativ one for R400. Carbon bars are in anycase overrated.
Tumbleweed Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 it's not going to be long before bigbaldy (aka, one ball, mr hernia) and manfrog will tell you not to use bar ends with a riser. don't know if there's much performance diffs between different risers. riding a easton (30?) on the trance at the moment. never had hassles. only ever bent one bar before, but that was after a huge crash.
Loon Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 I really dont see the point of carbon bars when you have a suspension fork... any carbon on a dual I would think is useless...Road bikes benifit from carbon, and MAYBE hardtails...
Mudsimus Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Road bikes benifit from carbon' date=' and MAYBE hardtails... [/quote'] No they dont.
Loon Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Road bikes benifit from carbon' date=' and MAYBE hardtails... [/quote'] No they dont. Sure they do. Poors road bikes dont have 4" travel front and rear... That is why they are converting to MTB's
Mudsimus Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Road bikes benifit from carbon' date=' and MAYBE hardtails... [/quote'] No they dont. Sure they do. Poors road bikes dont have 4" travel front and rear... That is why they are converting to MTB's And in what obscure way is this connected to carbon bars?
Loon Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Road bikes benifit from carbon' date=' and MAYBE hardtails... [/quote'] No they dont. Sure they do. Poors road bikes dont have 4" travel front and rear... That is why they are converting to MTB's And in what obscure way is this connected to carbon bars? LOL... It is related to the rest of my origional post... That a carbon MTB riser bar offers no real benifit so he should rather spend the save R1000 on something else and get a ali raiser
Xenomorph Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 Depends on what kind of riding is going to be done, if you are riding an AM bike aggresivly and taking 3 ft drops and bigger, I wouldn't go for a carbon. Also if you crash allot I wouldn't go for a carbon, any damage to a carbon bar can cause a stress riser, carbon fails catosrophically-add 70 grams and have piece of mind.
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