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What bar widths are everyone running on their AM bikes?
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flag tmorin
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 20:42 Quote
I'm looking to go short stem and wider bars on my Jekyll but I don't know HOW wide? I'm 5'9 190. I think I want a 50mm stem and was considering a 140mm BooBar. Any suggestions?
flag Grimzentide
Posted: Jul 27, 2012 at 21:00 Quote
tmorin wrote:
140mm BooBar

140mm? Do you mean 740mm?

I'm running a 750mm Bontrager Rhythm Pro at the moment. I have run 800mm and cut them down to 780mm in the past, but the 750mm feels better for me.
flag Mbarnes
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 1:26 Quote
I'm running carbon havocs, so 810
flag Mbarnes
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 1:27 Quote
God knows where 810 came from. They are 750 :s
flag tmorin
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 6:35 Quote
I'm sorry! I did mean 740mm. I'd love to go 750mm but will that wide start to take away from climbing efficiency/comfort? The trails I ride are fairly narrow and evenly split between up and downhill.
flag Shoe2190
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Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 7:21 Quote
I would go wider than you think you want that way you can cut them down if it feels too much.
flag Mbarnes
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 7:59 Quote
Go wide, then get some lock ons and try different widths by just moving them up and down your bars. When happy, cut your bars
flag RhinoBiker
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 8:25 Quote
haha I run 690! Now I feel a bit stupid now I see all these huge bars! I tries 800 once, but it felt like a chopper, but there again, I only do xc and medium DH so there is no need for bars that are almost as tall as me Smile If your buying new bars, make sure you get wider than you think you will need, you can cut long ones down, but you cant make thin ones wider!
flag DavidSA
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Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 18:53 Quote
RhinoBiker wrote:
If your buying new bars, make sure you get wider than you think you will need, you can cut long ones down, but you cant make thin ones wider!

This.

I use 725 but I'm on the east coast and our trees are hella close together. 680 on my XC bike. That's absolutely as narrow as I'd ever go.
flag jpcars10s
Posted: Jul 28, 2012 at 20:08 Quote
780mm Kona DH bars. They feel awesome after ditching the stock 660mm bars.
flag nidgeslash9
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 at 7:45 Quote
750mm Rhythm Pro. Took a couple of rides to get used to it but now i can't ride with narrow bars because the steering is too twitchy.
flag max14221
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 at 8:26 Quote
i was running the rhythm pro but swapped over to Easton havoc carbon 760mm
flag StueyStuey
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 at 8:34 Quote
725 on my Foxy with a 50mm stem.
flag fyfie13
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 at 8:56 Quote
I have a black market 50mm 0 degree stem with nukeproof warhead 760mm bars with a 38mm rise. They feel rediculously good for the decents and are not too bad for the climbs
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