Wider handlebars

Carla A-G said:

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Why? You're tiny.

Don't question my riding style.

No body's questioning your style, just your wingspan.

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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.

USURPER!

JD

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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.

Why do I have the instant urge to want to [censored] slap you???

:-)

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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No body's questioning your style, just your wingspan.

I have a rather large wingspan...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

JD said:

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

USURPER!

Bad burrito?

Bill "usurper? I never even met her!" S.

BB said:

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?

It depends on whether your climbing seated or standing and
how steep the grade is. I've found that when climbing seated
on steep grades with a riser, I DO have more difficulty
keeping the front wheel down than when I used to use a flat
bar. Assuming the same stem height, the flat bar angles your
trunk more forward and thus more weight toward the front;
the riser puts you more upright with weight toward the back.
So on really steep grades, the front wheel is harder to keep
on the ground.

Climbing while standing, which is used a lot on a SS, is a
different story. First, most of us can't tackle the same
grade in 32:16 as we can 22:32, so really steep stuff is
out. Second, you can shift your weigh around fore-aft more
easily when you're standing. Third, as said in the earlier
post, you use the "swimming" technique more, puling on the
bars in sync with pushing and pulling the pedals, so a big
wide riser just feels more solid. --dt

Carla A-G said:

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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.

Why do I have the instant urge to want to [censored] slap
you???

:-)

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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Socks said:

Carla A-G said:

"Tom Purvis" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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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.

Why do I have the instant urge to want to [censored] slap
you???

:-)

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Get a couple extra bars and try for yourself.

Get the widest you can find and try just moving your
grips/controls in and out on the bars.

I've got really wide bars on two bikes, really narrow on
one... I've got abnormally wide shoulders, so I feel better
on the wide bars.

--
PeteCresswell

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bomba said:

Slacker 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 ;-)

Hehehe...And nine inches in the rear for yours! ;-)

Mike

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Just because someone will do something like this sooner
or later...

Um, "Anything other than a 22" flat bar is unnecessary,
heavy, and an advertising gimmick. You're a moron."

Or, "Dewd get a wide riser bro you need the control for the
bombin' ass drops. If you don't, dude, you can't ride with
me. Moron."

I say, get a used wide riser from a buddy, give it a ride or
two. You might like the control, you might hate the
positioning and the slower handling. Like stem rise/length,
seatpost, saddles, grips, and pedals, point-of-contacts are
dependent on riding style and preference - and only you can
discern that.

Chris

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"Tom Purvis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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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.

Why do I have the instant urge to want to [censored] slap
you???

:-)

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

you too? 🙂

Michael Dart said:

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bomba said:

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:28:06 -0800, Slacker wrote:

>>>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 ;-)

Hehehe...And nine inches in the rear for yours! ;-)

Mike

Ohhh... now, that was just wrong! Besides, it's only 8.5".
You're the one with a full 9" in the rear ;-)
--
Slacker

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Yes, it makes one's chest appear broader and stronger while
riding, which is good for impressing the ladies as you ride
through the shopping malls.

HTH.

Shaun aRe

Shaun Rimmer said:

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Yes, it makes one's chest appear broader and stronger
while riding

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Shaun Rimmer said:

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Is there any benefit to have wider handlebars ?

Yes, it makes one's chest appear broader and stronger
while riding

Time to invest in some even wider bars then, Shaun? j-j-Open ↗
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Thos are wide bars Jon, quite wide indeed. You sayin' my
chest doesn't look _broad-er_ when I'm riding than not?

',;~}~

Shaun aRe _has_ got narrow shoulders, ribs and torso,
because he don't have to hang a fat old [censored] below them.