greenhorn Posted August 24, 2010 Share cool, thanks for all the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 24, 2010 Share One of these days people will be fitting tri-bars to the MTBs. Been done already, picture taken at a Bern Cup Elite mens race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli G Posted August 25, 2010 Share I have the Ergon GC2 series on my bike. These are gripshift specific. I bought from Chain Reaction Cycles as the LBS's all tried to sell me the normal ones that they would "modify" (At more than double what I paid from CRC) http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=19850 The Epic Bike Shop has the ergon grips made for the twist shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli G Posted August 25, 2010 Share I've got specialized wing grips on my riser bar and I love them. They are worth not getting bar ends especially if you have a riser-bar. bar ends look terrible on riser bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 25, 2010 Share Buycycle has Pro ergo grips for not too bad price. http://www.buycycle.co.za/buyparts/grips/pro-en-2-3-4/pro-bike-pro-ergonomic-grip-dual-compound-pro-bike.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 25, 2010 Share ...SNIP....They are worth not getting bar ends especially if you have a riser-bar. bar ends look terrible on riser bars. Thats funny i thought bar ends were an item to provide improved performance / functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted August 25, 2010 Share I've got specialized wing grips on my riser bar and I love them. They are worth not getting bar ends especially if you have a riser-bar. bar ends look terrible on riser bars.If you actually think you look good in Lycra and go for a top 10 in races- don't put bar ends on your riser bars. For the rest - go with what works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 25, 2010 Share If you actually think you look good in Lycra and go for a top 10 in races- don't put bar ends on your riser bars. For the rest - go with what works for you. If you good enough to finish in the top 10 you should not use riser bars period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli G Posted August 25, 2010 Share Thats funny i thought bar ends were an item to provide improved performance / functionality.I find the bar ends only make the ride more comfortable. Wing grips I much prefer to keep your hands from dying on long rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted August 25, 2010 Share If you good enough to finish in the top 10 you should not use riser bars period.Exactly!For the rest of us, looking good on the bike takes second place to feeling comfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 25, 2010 Share If you good enough to finish in the top 10 you should not use riser bars period. Manfrog your adding to the confusion... To further expand on the question, hypotheticaly speaking.... If a rider who normaly races 2 hr XC events and has a riser bar on his/her bike (lets say cause he/she finds it more comfortable and feels it handles better) if he / she decides to enter a stage race i.e. Cape Epic, Trans rockies or similar... He / She should not:1. Use bar ends, unless he/she changes to a flat bar.2. Finish in the top 10. Without mentioning the obvious fact that the fashion police wont like it, pray tell why this is so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeps Posted August 25, 2010 Share "the obvious fact that the fashion police wont like it" No confusion dude, it looks stoopid and people will point and laugh, period B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 25, 2010 Share Why do people use risers? To raise the bars right. IF you know what you are doing and you should if you are a top 10 finisher, then you know that you should:1. leave more space on the fork to raise so that the stem can be higher2. get a stem with higher reach. Risers were invented for trail and extreme riding, not XC and marathons. How they made it to XC scene only the gods would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me-rida Posted August 25, 2010 Share No confusion dude, it looks stoopid and people will point and laugh, period B) Is it important for your bar ends (fitted to non riser bar ofcourse!)to match your socks? Are there exceptions to the rule regarding matching socks? For example if riding marathons, xc, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 25, 2010 Share Why do people use risers? To raise the bars right... Agreed, but why raise the bars? 1. To provide better control on steep terrain.2. Create a more upright (comfortable) position. Risers were invented for trail and extreme riding...Kind of agree, see 1 above. However I'm sure the same reasons "of invention" can apply to all forms of mountain biking. ...not XC and marathons. Disagree - XC and even marathons can include steep sections, trails and extreme sections. How they made it to XC scene only the gods would know.Clearly there was a need. Risers like bar ends are used for a specefic purpose and got nothing to do with "looking good" or "stoopid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 25, 2010 Share Why do people use risers? To raise the bars right... Agreed, but why raise the bars? 1. To provide better control on steep terrain.2. Create a more upright (comfortable) position. Risers were invented for trail and extreme riding...Kind of agree, see 1 above. However I'm sure the same reasons "of invention" can apply to all forms of mountain biking. ...not XC and marathons. Disagree - XC and even marathons can include steep sections, trails and extreme sections. How they made it to XC scene only the gods would know.Clearly there was a need. Risers like bar ends are used for a specefic purpose and got nothing to do with "looking good" or "stoopid". since when do you sit up when you climb a steep climb? You drop you body down forward so that the nose don't lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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