why risers?

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

Steve said:

Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on most racer's bikes?

Steve

Fashion. Herd instinct. Marketing.

Miles

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Steve said:

Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on most racer's bikes?

Steve

Fashion. Herd instinct. Marketing.

Moo, I really miss that 22" straight bar.

Rider comfort

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Quoted message said:

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

You just answered your own question actually. Going down hill fast, you don't want twitchy steering.
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Steve said:

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

Flat bars are only good for going uphill. Riser bars (w/ short stems) give much better control in
all other areas.

Being an old BMX kinda guy, I could never get used to the akward feel of the flat bars.

-MSE

MrSlantEye said:

Steve said:

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

Flat bars are only good for going uphill. Riser bars (w/ short stems) give much better control in
all other areas.

Being an old BMX kinda guy, I could never get used to the akward feel of the flat bars.

-MSE

I don't see why you couldn't take the same two frames and outfit one with risers and one with flat
and get the exact same position on both. It's just a combination of stem, rake, and handlebars. I
think risers are in style and flat aren't.

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I don't see why you couldn't take the same two frames and outfit one with risers and one with flat
and get the exact same position on both. It's just a combination of stem, rake, and handlebars. I
think risers are in style and flat aren't.

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You could and the position would be the same.

I think a lot of riser bars have been sold as add-ons, to change the geometry of an existing bike.
That's actually why I got my Monkey Lites. The fact that risers were more stylish was just a
byproduct. Why not sell Monkey Light stems? Probably because people are buying risers (marketing).

Risers keeping the stem height lower may be of some benefit for DH (less likely to hit it maybe?)
but I'm not really sure.

I find my risers to be very comfortable and they give me more confidence on downhills because of the
position I'm in. Plus they look rad! ;-)

Matt

Next to come: ape hangers

Steve said:

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

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Steve said:

Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on most racer's bikes?

Steve

Fashion. Herd instinct. Marketing.

Moo, I really miss that 22" straight bar.

Try a Titec Hell-bent 27" flat bar.

Miles

Destroy,
Funny you should say that! I have ape hangers on my cruiser and when building up my latest mtb I couldn't resist switching them out and riding over to my friend's house to goof a bit. Saddest riding thing, EVER! Imagine, an '03 Heckler with all the high zoot [censored] and chrome ape hangers! I wish I had taken a pic! Crazy. Have fun.

K.

Clyde_in_TN said:

Rider comfort

Try a riser stem. The combo will be lighter, stronger, and as comfortable.

Miles

Its funny, In 88 I got my first Schwinn Sierra. It had a straight chrome bar. My riding buddy's had
87 Sierras and they had black riser bars. We all thought my bar looked SOOO COOL. Then, one of my
buddies put these big wooden ball barends on his riser bars (ergo barends) and it looked SOOO COOL.
Styles do change Todd

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What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

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I don't see why you couldn't take the same two frames and outfit one

with

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risers and one with flat and get the exact same position on both. It's just a combination of
stem, rake, and handlebars. I think risers are in style and flat aren't.

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You could and the position would be the same.

I think a lot of riser bars have been sold as add-ons, to change the geometry of an existing bike.
That's actually why I got my Monkey Lites.

The

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fact that risers were more stylish was just a byproduct. Why not sell

Monkey

Quoted message said:

Light stems? Probably because people are buying risers (marketing).

Risers keeping the stem height lower may be of some benefit for DH (less likely to hit it maybe?)
but I'm not really sure.

I find my risers to be very comfortable and they give me more confidence

on

Quoted message said:

downhills because of the position I'm in. Plus they look rad! ;-)

Yeah! And they give you a space to fly through when you endo ',;~}~

Shaun aRe

Mr SlantEye says:

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Flat bars are only good for going uphill. Riser bars (w/ short stems) give much better control in
all other areas.

What a load of cobblers.

Look at what you wrote, then think about it.......

Steve

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MrSlantEye said:

Steve said:

What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser)
on most racer's bikes?

Steve

Flat bars are only good for going uphill. Riser bars (w/ short stems) give much better control
in all other areas.

Being an old BMX kinda guy, I could never get used to the akward feel of the flat bars.

-MSE

I don't see why you couldn't take the same two frames and outfit one with risers and one with flat
and get the exact same position on both. It's just a combination of stem, rake, and handlebars. I
think risers are in style and flat aren't.

You can only if you can find a flat bar with 3-5 degrees of sweep, like a titec Flattracker, and you
don't mind having a 45 degree stem and always worrying about when it's going to break because it
flexes so much.
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What is the point of risers? I've got them on my ride, but it seems that it puts me in a more
upright position, making my control less agressive. Why do I see the easton monkeylite (riser) on
most racer's bikes?

Steve

It's a matter of preference, fit, and application. For me, the wider grip provides better handling,
breathing and control. The sweep back is better for my hands and arms. The rise fits me and my bike.

Here's a report I posted after putting a riser bar on my geared bike 3 yrs ago:

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Fashion. Herd instinct. Marketing.

Moo, I really miss that 22" straight bar.

Try a Titec Hell-bent 27" flat bar.

That'll be the perfect opportunity to try one of these:

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Try a Titec Hell-bent 27" flat bar.

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That's a neat little creak amplifier they have there.
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