TNT1 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 For starters riser bars are for trail and downhill racing and are suppose to be wide. Fit flat bars for cross country. Secondly you don't fit bar ends to riser bars for the same reason as pointed out in point 1. Shame. Usually I quite like what manfrog has to say, but this is just the stupidest thing I've read today. Like swissman says, get your head out your arse already.
covie Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 I was laughed at when I put a lightweight flat bar on my newly-built-up Intense 5.5, so I switched to an Easton MonkeyLite riser. If you put bar-ends on a riser, you'll get the same people laughing at you. It hurts, and it almost made me cry, so don't do it! My comfort on MY bike trumps their idea's of a warped sense of style, i agree if you DH and only do trails leave the bar ends. But i setup my XC bike for a blance between trail and XC. And i love it. So if they want to laugh let them, im not that insecure
LazyTrailRider Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Erm, clearly the sarcasm in my tone wasn't obvious enough... Do what you want, and do it whatever way you want. Lately, I'm bombing over roots and launching kickers, so bar ends have no place. When I was riding serious XC and climbing like a demon, I couldn't do without them. If you bomb over roots, launch kickers and *then* climb like a demon, I guess it's not the end of the world to combine the two. Just make sure the colour-coding is not out!
covie Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) was'nt aimed at you Martin was meant to emphasize the point that you do what you want for yourself and your type of riding and ridng style just because someone decided back in 1922 its uncool to have bar-ends on rizers it doesnt mean you have to be a sheep and follow the herd. Do what works for you, was all I tried to say. Edited January 15, 2011 by covie
TNT1 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Do what works for you, Especially on a mtb... The MTBers always try and act like they're so cool and laid back, but I swear, they have more rules and utter garbage than road guys do.
wesley_r Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 please, for the love of swiss cheese, ride whatever bike where you want, how you want, and set up in whatever way tickles your fancy. if you take a step back a bit and look at the world of mountain biking at large downhillers' bars are getting lower and everyone else's are getting higher. but hey, who cares!? if it works, RIDE IT LIKE THAT it's almost like the whole clipless-for-downhill debate. flat pedals and 5-10's must have sold like hotcakes when sam hill won that championship! leave the fashionista stuff to the roadies!
DJR Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 @ Kolobe Ride what you want, the way you want, with attitude - that makes it cool. But..... I would hate to see you regret cutting your handlebar too short - rather go to the trouble to do it incrementally. Maybe take off 1.5 cm each side and then ride it for a week or two before taking off more. The narrower the bar, the more control you will lose on the rough stuff. Meaning that a wider bar will save you from a dive or two every now and then which a narrow bar would have allowed you to take. Too narrow is also supposed to constrict your chest and make breathing more of an effort on hard climbs?
kolobe Posted January 16, 2011 Author Posted January 16, 2011 When i swoped the bars, i saw the lenth printed on the FSA bar was 660mm. ( Did not know the length up to then) After all the talk here i decided to leave the Truvativ at 680mm and test it. did the Redstone route today and it worked a charm for clining to on those DH's. I still fitted the Ergon 2 bar ends but will put on the old grips just to see what it is like. THX for all the input guys
The Drongo Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 You don't use riser bars because you go downhill. You use it because they have more sweep, stronger and lift the front up a bit. I don't see what the benefit there is to XC or marathon riders with or without bar-ends. BIKEFIT Q1. Is he a racesnake or weekend warrior?Q2. Does he wish to remain quasimodo over the front end for 45/75/105km?Q3. Is it for serious or for fun? I also do not see why barends are not applicable (other than the fact that they look ***). Many of the All Mountain gen of bikes are equipped OEM with riser bars.
The Drongo Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 How much wider than shoulder width for trail mampara. The Ergo2 bar ends is a welcome relief for the hands. Good Question (but directed to a roadie?!) You will need HELP. Stand upright.(chest out stomach in - suck! )Have HELP measure from the knobbly bit sticking out at the high point at the front of your shoulder joint on the left (DO NOT START ANY MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY DEBATES FHUBBERS!)to the same point on the right.Your bars should be 50-80mm wider than this for XC and comfort fit. As mentioned B4. Check first that everything fits. Even if you ride with the excess sticking out the ends of your grips untill you are happy about fit.USE THE TORQUE wrench, particularly if you are fitting bar-ends. The rest - SWISS CHEESE with MAMPOER!
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