Post your mtb SS

[RocknRolla]

I am intrigued by these bars.

How do they handle ( no pun intended) in the rough stuff?

[rock]

I am intrigued by these bars.

How do they handle ( no pun intended) in the rough stuff?

 

sketchy

 

in a good way.

[RocknRolla]

sketchy

 

in a good way.

Does not sound good

[IH8MUD]

Have not tried mine much yet, but in all reviews I have read they said that it  does not so good in DH compared to  normal bars. 

[RocknRolla]

I love the rough stuff, so this will not work for me...

[Stretched@Birth]

Very cool. But invert them to be proper cool

I rode mine inverted for a while, could not get comfortable, went to a Ritchey 10D flat bar, way better, but a little narrow (640mm if memory serves), changed to flat Carnegie's, and not looked back.

[Guest notmyname]

I rode mine inverted for a while, could not get comfortable, went to a Ritchey 10D flat bar, way better, but a little narrow (640mm if memory serves), changed to flat Carnegie's, and not looked back.

Please outline the inverted thing.. maybe these beers are mind bucking me..

[IH8MUD]

The Answer 20/20  is not flat, the ends have a 20deg rise or drop compared to the middle clamp section. 

 

I fitted mine to rise up, but most fit them turned around to drop down. Inverted. 

 

I hope this makes  sense. (not good at explaining)

 

Fitted rising up, like I did, can look a bit  "dorky"  . .. 

Edited March 4, 2016 by IH8MUD

[Guest notmyname]

The Answer 20/20 is not flat, the ends have a 20deg rise or drop compared to the middle clamp section.

 

I fitted mine to rise up, but most fit them turned around to drop down. Inverted.

 

I hope this makes sense. (not good at explaining)

 

Fitted rising up, like I did, can look a "dorky" . ..

Okay. I get it. Drop instead of rise right. Those bars look pretty rad for the right build. Doubt they'd look rad on an xc machine. Edited March 4, 2016 by Small Fry

[Stretched@Birth]

Please outline the inverted thing.. maybe these beers are mind bucking me..

Turn the riser bar upside down, so the ends of the bars point to the ground!

[Ryanpmb]

25.4mm

What I meant. Haha!

[Ryanpmb]

Okay. I get it. Drop instead of rise right. Those bars look pretty rad for the right build. Doubt they'd look rad on an xc machine.

'Look rad' - there in lies the problem. It's about what works. Rise or drop, these bars where never intended to look rad. But they work. Well

[Ryanpmb]

I rode mine inverted for a while, could not get comfortable, went to a Ritchey 10D flat bar, way better, but a little narrow (640mm if memory serves), changed to flat Carnegie's, and not looked back.

Personal preference. I've ridden risers and flats. Inverted just feels right for me. I'm telling myself that it's because they're on a 29r running and external headset. Being short, the inverted bars get my body position back down to the correct spot. Similar to running a 20deg invented stem I guess.

[Guest notmyname]

'Look rad' - there in lies the problem. It's about what works. Rise or drop, these bars where never intended to look rad. But they work. Well

Well, I kinda schmaak the old school klunker vibe they ooze.........

[Bobbo_SA]

I still have a Gusset Stash bar, same profile as those, just in case someone has a build that they would be suited to.

 

 

 

[IH8MUD]

Did about 75km this weekend with the new Answer 20/20 bar on the SS.

 

1ste ride took a bit getting use to the bar and at first I was not impressed.

It felt odd.

Halfway into the ride I realised that the was more due to the placement of the  bar. 

It was because I used my old stem, but the previous bar had more rise to it.

The result was that I was stretching to much with the combination of the old stem with the Answer 20/20 bar.

 

So Saturday night I fitted a shorter stem that has more rise with the Answer 20/20. 

Did a nice long ride on Sunday and all was good and all was very comfortable.

Hand position on the bar is now very neutral and I am very happy. 

 

So although the grips looked to be in about the same place as the old bars visually,

I had to make adjustments  to the stem to have good comfort with the Answer 20/20 bar. 

 

I'll have to get use to look of the new stem  . . . . the bike looks a bit less aerodynamic. Looks like a Frankenstein.    But that is just aesthetics. 

 

 

(I do have a bit of a back issue so I tend to prefer a more upright riding position)

Edited March 7, 2016 by IH8MUD