** Handlebar Widths - what do you use?? **

[velofrog]

this may have been asked before, but......

i'm old school, hardtails with narrow bars, and bar ends

i have always used bars of 580mm

stems were 130mm, then came down to 120mm, but currently i'm using a 110mm stem

i have just swapped my 580 bars for some 680 wide, and boy does it feel odd!!

should i persevere or start cutting!!

 

[Mike Muz]

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Hi mate

Is is for the Ibis ? 26"?

None of mine are wider than 580 , the Syncros ones on the endorphin are 530 I think. I'm happy with that. Cut off a cm at a time then try out for a while. I know it's a faff, keep taking grips off, cuttingn then puting back on though, but it's better than lopping too much off.
If it's for a 29er, then I think mine are a bit wider.
As for fatbikes, god alone knows !

Mike

 

[shed]

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ive noticed where i live alot of the chavvy gang with their jacked up sussy bikes need a wide load sign the width of the bars

 

[mattr]

TBH, I'd persevere with the wider bars, lose the ends, try a shorter stem.

 

[velofrog]

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noooooooooooooooooo!! can't take my bar-ends off!! :shock:

and no chance of a shorter stem, far too expensive to start playing that game!

it's persevere or slowly chop em down!

can't help feel i'm gonna be like the 'dog with the big stick that can't get through the gate' the first time i encounter some closely set trees!!

 

[Mike Muz]

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He needs his bar ends to fend off random red deer that get in his way. Maybe get something to protect the top tube from damage should the bars swing around.

Mike

 

[RobMac]

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I use bars between 630mm & 690mm, I like bars just a little bit wider than my shoulders I don't want to look like a flying squirrel

 

[paulswheels]

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Just measured mine, Running 750mm and 920mm on the 2 most recently ridden bikes in the shed.

 

[velofrog]

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920..... :shock:

 

[Bullpup]

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920..... :shock:

And there I am looking for some 800s!