Handlebar height all comes down to personal preference and varies massively from rider to rider. Ric McLaughlin takes a tour of the pits at Round 3 of the Enduro World Series in France to see how the pros set up theirs.
Theo Galy: 1080mm
Kenta Gallagher: 1060mm
Isabeau Courdurier: 1050mm
Sam Hill: 1042mm
Mitch Ropelato: 1040mm
Cecile Ravanel: 1060mm
Iago Garay: 1070mm
Jesse Melamed: 1065mm
Remi Gauvin: 1067mm
Jerome Clementz: 1040mm
Matt Simmonds: 1080mm
Ines Thoma: 1100mm
MENTIONS: @EnduroWorldSeries
Theo Galy: 1080mm
Kenta Gallagher: 1060mm
Isabeau Courdurier: 1050mm
Sam Hill 1042mm
Mitch Ropelato: 1040mm
Cecile Ravanel: 1060mm
Iago Garay: 1070mm
Jesse Melamed: 1065mm
Remi Gauvin: 1067mm
Jerome Clementz: 1040mm
Matt Simmonds: 1080mm
Ines Thoma: 1100mm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSy1NQx2bJE
Its true that bottom bracket to bars would be more useful but eh BB heights don't vary that much, and the actually distance to the ground the bars are does have a relationship to cornering that is independent of bottom bracket height.
Like has been mentioned already there have been several successful riders known for being very particular about bar height and having it the same for every bike they own.
What would have been better to ask is "what do you think the benefits of running a lower bar are?". Then it would have been interesting and we'd see who knows what is going on.
Clearly it's what they want to know about though, so makes sense there is content about it, just always funny to be reminded that the pros ride more than focus on this shit.
Canada huh? Almost made it.
Must be in the bathroom,as usual.
Eg
1080mm made from 3x10mm spacer and 10mm bar rise
Vs
1080mm made from 0 spacers and 40mm bar rise
?
The issue with raising the bars too much is weight to front wheel. It's all a bit of a balancing act.
The only reason I could think of for choosing higher rise bars over stacking more spacers under the stem would be for people who have their steerer tube cut too short and can’t fit any more spacers under the stem?
Bar height compare to bb height maybe makes some sense?
These are not road bikes....
I know. I'm just getting tired of waiting for the next WC DH race and am finding some of this PB content a bit filler-ish in the meantime.
Handlebar - Bottom Bracket Height = Handlebar Height