Wider handlebars

It all depends on the person.

I MTB 2004

"Tim Evans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

If you plan on spending more time going DH, they offer more
stability. However, if you do single track the wider bars
will make it harder to go between tight spots.

Tim Evans said:

Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

You can fit a bigger basket.

bomba said:

Tim Evans said:

Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

You can fit a bigger basket.

Or a wider girl.
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Slacker

Tim Evans said:

Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Yes, you will reach nirvana. Other than that, it's a
personal thing.

Greg

Slacker said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

You can fit a bigger basket.

Or a wider girl.

Ah, the real reason you bought Shiver DCs now becomes
apparent...

bomba said:

Slacker said:

Quoted message said:

>Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

You can fit a bigger basket.

Or a wider girl.

Ah, the real reason you bought Shiver DCs now becomes
apparent...

And a well placed Hopey steering damper for her pleasure ;-)
--
Slacker

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Slacker says:

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Or a wider girl.

That wouldn't have occured to bomba...

;-P

Nah, he's too busy pulling funky chickens...

; )

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

More leverage for climbing and better for breathing because
your chest is more open when riding instead of being
hunched up.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Tim Evans said:

Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Benefit?

It isn't about benefit. It's about geography.

If you live on the East Coast, you must use a bar less than
22" wide, just as you must ride a hardtail with a short
wheelbase and a high bottom bracket. If you need to ask
whether that bar should be flat or riser, you clearly don't
live on the east coast. So stop pretending.

If you live on the West Coast, you must use a bar wider than
24.5", on a bike suitable to "Fire Roads" since that's all
you have to ride anyway.

If you live somewhere between the coasts, the rules are
somewhat more complicated, but I think you'll find that they
ultimately make perfect sense.

If you live east of the Mississippi, you can run a bar up to
24" wide, but it must be a flat bar.

If you live west of the Mississippi, but east of the
Rockies, you are encouraged to run a bar wider than 24", and
it can be flat or riser, but it has to be carbon fiber. No
exceptions.

If you live in the Rockies, but east of the California
border, you must use a bar wider than 24", it must be a low-
riser, and you may not use any type of bar-end. Unless, that
is, you have a bike with more than 4" of rear travel, or
more than 100mm of front travel, or a combined travel of
more than 7.75". In that case you must use a full-on, 26"
(or wider) DH bar. And of course, no bar ends.

Glad I could help.
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certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."-Bertrand Russell

"Tom Purvis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you live on the East Coast, you must use a bar less
than 22" wide, just as you must ride a hardtail with a
short wheelbase and a high bottom bracket. If you need to
ask whether that bar should be flat or riser, you clearly
don't live on the east coast. So stop pretending.

Gee, I live and ride the east coast and I use the widest
bars I can get my hands on.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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"Tim Evans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

More leverage for climbing and better for breathing
because your chest is more open when riding instead of
being hunched up.

Please do not spread myths. The climbing leverage thingie is
complete [censored], and the breathing thingie has been
routinely dismissed as myth by every modern cycling expert.

Greg

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"Tom Purvis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you live on the East Coast, you must use a bar less
than 22" wide, just as you must ride a hardtail with a
short wheelbase and a high bottom bracket. If you need
to ask whether that bar should be flat or riser, you
clearly don't live on the east coast. So stop
pretending.

Gee, I live and ride the east coast and I use the widest
bars I can get my hands on.

Why? You're tiny.

Greg

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Why? You're tiny.

Don't question my riding style.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

"G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Please do not spread myths. The climbing leverage thingie
is complete [censored], and the breathing thingie has been
routinely dismissed as myth

by

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every modern cycling expert.

Everyone has their own opinions.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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Originally posted by G.T.
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"Tim Evans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

More leverage for climbing and better for breathing
because your chest is more open when riding instead of
being hunched up.

Please do not spread myths. The climbing leverage thingie is
complete bull****, and the breathing thingie has been
routinely dismissed as myth by every modern cycling expert.

Greg

Every Modern cycling expert... hmmm
Is that the same "expert" who claims it isn't "mountain biking" unless you are literally biking over a mountain????
Or the cycling "expert" who uses drop bars to "mountain bike"?

Jimbo(san)

Doug Taylor said:

Myth? Fashion? Don't know, but when I'm busting a gut on
a road climb, and keeping ground contact with my front
wheel is not an issue (like on a steep mountain bike
climb), I sit up.

I don't imagine the width would make a difference, but
usually the wider bars are risers. Does the riser bar make
the steeper climbs more difficult?

I put some big risers on my cruiser bike, and it really does
feel wierd having the flat bars on my MTB. I'm thinking
about smaller risers. I just don't want to make the extended
climbs any harder than they already are!

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address, at least)

Carla A-G said:

"Tom Purvis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you live on the East Coast, you must use a bar less
than 22" wide, just as you must ride a hardtail with a
short wheelbase and a high bottom bracket. If you need to
ask whether that bar should be flat or riser, you clearly
don't live on the east coast. So stop pretending.

Gee, I live and ride the east coast and I use the widest
bars I can get my hands on.

The Wrath of the Mountain Biking Gods shall befall you! So
sayeth the Salida contingent.

Shawn

P.S. Carla I've seen how big a bike you ride. Can you reach
from one end of a 24" bar to the other? ;-)

P.P. Tom's got me nervous, I don't know if my bar conforms.
Is that greater than or equal to 100 mm rear travel, or
only greater...?

Carla A-G said:

Tom Purvis said:

If you live on the East Coast, you must use a bar less
than 22" wide, just as you must ride a hardtail with a
short wheelbase and a high bottom bracket. If you need
to ask whether that bar should be flat or riser, you
clearly don't live on the east coast. So stop
pretending.

Gee, I live and ride the east coast and I use the widest
bars I can get my hands on.

That's OK. Ignorance of the rules is acceptable.

Once.

Now that you know, you may either chop down your bars to 22"
(or shorter, of course) or move. If you take one of the
actions right quick like, a representative from the Bureau
of Headsets, Suspension, and Handlebars (HSH) will NOT need
to visit your home and/or place of business to FORCIBLY
RECTIFY the situation.

Thanks so much for your swift compliance with these
stated rules.
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Tom Purvis - arkansasvalley.nettpurvisOpen ↗
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."-Bertrand Russell